Top 4 moments from Senate hearing with FBI, Secret Service

July 31, 2024

in Hot Takes

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By Jon Brown, Christian Publish Reporter Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Appearing U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. (L) and Deputy Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Paul Abbate are sworn in earlier than testifying to a joint listening to of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Safety and Authorities Affairs committees within the Dirksen Senate Workplace Constructing on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Senators grilled the legislation enforcement officers in regards to the occasions resulting in the July 13 tried assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump, days earlier than he accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos

Appearing Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate testified Tuesday earlier than a joint listening to of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Safety committees in regards to the newest within the investigation into the tried assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Their testimony at instances grew contentious as a number of Republican senators expressed frustration at what they framed as an ongoing lack of expertise and accountability from each businesses relating to what Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, described as “the worst security failures for the Secret Service since 1981, since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.”

Listed below are 4 highlights from the listening to.