Acting Secret Service director testifies before Senate about Trump rally security

Ronald Rowe told lawmakers he was "ashamed" of the protection failures that day and said he visited the site of the shooting as one of his first acts as acting director.

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[phillipnagle]

If the Secret Service sniper could shoot the assassin within seconds of the first shots, it means that he was able to see the assassin on the roof and should have been able to take him out earlier. While Rowe claimed the Secret Service agent did not need permission to fire once the first shots were fired, the question remains as to whether he had permission to fire when he saw the potential danger.

[josephklimchock]

Local cops said that they were NEVER briefed by SS BEFORE the rally. 10000% totally against all procedures. There has to have been a planned effort to allow that shooter to get off a shot. No other explanation makes sense. NONE.

[kenwschmidt]

The secret service were yelled at by participants about the assailant. Pointing out to them the man on the roof.

[JohnSmith-vozc]

Ronald Rowe is attempting to cover up for the complete on site failure by Secret Service Agents on July 13th. The acting director claims that the sniper "did not see that the person on the roof had a gun prior to shots being fired", there was only one elevated threat and the sniper was aware of that elevated threat more than 1 minute before the shooting started, also the shooter pointed a weapon at local LE while on the roof, but the sniper couldn't see this ? The sniper team failed and should all be fired immediately. The acting director claims the reaction of the protection team on the ground was handled properly, but it was not. The agents that surrounded Trump should have never allowed his body or head to be raised to a point above their bodies to act as a shield, instead they helped him to stand up in plain view - this goes against all training. Lastly, the moving of Trump to the vehicle was chaos at best with no full protection of Trump and agents moving out of sync with no unison and no plan. The entry into the vehicle where Trump was allowed to stand on the sideboard in order to raise up to enter vehicle was another obvious fail by agents, since this situation calls for "stuffing" Trump into the vehicle lowering head first while surrounded by agents. The Secret Service completely failed on July 13th and each and every agent there should be required to account for every minute of that day, including person calls, texts, conversations, snacking, eating of their 4 meals and when they are found to have been lazy and inept in their jobs they should be fired publicly and their pensions revoked.

[tombritton]

How bout there was a failure on purpose! Are these agencies in question really that incompetent? i think not.

[Dysanian_valey]

How did every attendee know there was a man on the roof but no law enforcement?

[otikjxo]

I don’t want any federal agencies investigating what they planned or at least participated in

[fisherenterprisesllcdavidf]

The acting Secret Service Director in his opening statement said....the counter snipers had full authority to take out any potential assailant but only shot the shooter AFTER he had fired....so how did they see him after and not before? No Senator so far has asked that critical question. Further, the FBI chief also testifying said that a local police officer who was hoisted up and saw the shooter 30 SECONDS before the shooter fired his weapon. No one has yet to ask why that officer did not immediately shoot the man on the roof with the rifle? Your tax payer dollars at work.

[jimdoe]

1:05 They watched him get on the roof and did nothing till the shooter fired first 😂.

[michelleayres]

They found someone to head the SS who is a better actor.

[GordonMcElvany]

I am not stupid. A 20 yr.old against the secret service. Was this a

[Durachemy]

You cannot restore the damage that has been done.

[joelsandler]

It's a waste of time with this bozo. He knows exactly what the agenda was on July 13th 2024 was.

[jimdoe]

The shooter was in a BlackRock commercial and his phone had FBI wifi spots on it 😂

[lorieturner]

The secret service told sniper to stand down sniper got fired

[ztd]

Don’t F up this bad and then go pat yourself on the back. Trump ducted down on his own before any agent shielded him. Hate when law enforcement does this. Just stick to the facts and give is the information.

[gailalessman]

Can anyone tell us the damn truth no never mind we figured that out immediately all by ourselves. They just keep making themselves look worse and worse!

[otikjxo]

The Secret Service temporary head is just another stooge

[walterhoneycutt]

Why wasn't there a team on the roof of the building Crooks was on?

[johnsainz]

Are you willing to fire the unqualified people.