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Watch live: Day 2 of Congressional hearings over the US Secret Service oversights in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

Day 1 recap: Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump. Kim Cheatle is scheduled to speak before the Oversight committee in Congress in the US House of Representatives. At 10am ET in Washington DC, the director of the United States Secret Service Kim Cheatle will be questioned about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally last week in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks has been identified as the alleged shooter in the investigation. The hearing will center on apparent oversights and mistakes the Secret Service may have made in their protection of former President Trump at the campaign rally. The organization has faced fierce criticism for allowing the shooter to get so close into position before responding and taking him out.
The president of the Butler Farm Show – where former President Trump held his rally on Saturday when the assassination attempt unfolded – tells the New York Times that Secret Service agents first visited the site less than a week before the event.

Organizers for Trump’s campaign asked to use the site in Butler on July 3 before Secret Service agents showed up to scan the area on July 8, Ken Laughlin said to the newspaper.

"It just seemed like an awful quick turn around,” he said.

Trump's rally was supposed to be held at the Butler County Airport -- but the airport was already booked out for July 13 for the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company’s annual Mega Cruise car show, according to Stephanie Saracco, the Butler County Airport Manager.

Trump held a rally at the airport on October 31, 2020 as President.

Former Department of Defense counterterrorism analyst Kara Frederick said on the 'The Faulkner Focus' Friday that the House hearing next week with the Secret Service’s director “should give us a lot of answers” surrounding the investigation of Trump rally shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.

The House Oversight Committe is set to question Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday.

The hearing comes after Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., said members of Congress were told this week that Crooks had three encrypted accounts on overseas platforms.

“As something I did for almost ten years with the government and then with a big tech company, what you do is you can extract data from these platforms,” Frederick said. “You can figure out who were these platforms that he was supposedly using – even if they were encrypted – who was he talking to, what are his IP addresses, can you geolocate him to those physical locations... was he using aliases?”

“There are people who are in the government – even who are outside of the government – who can work to exploit that information that those accounts would convey,” she added.
The House Committee On Oversight and Accountability has scheduled a hearing for Monday with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who is facing criticism and calls to resign from lawmakers over her agency's handling of the Trump rally shooting last weekend in Pennsylvania.

The hearing, titled "Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump," is set to unfold on Capitol Hill beginning at 10 a.m. ET Monday.

Cheatle is refusing to resign, but House Speaker Mike Johnston told FOX Business on Thursday that he is prepared to call on President Biden to fire her.

“Continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down. She deeply respects members of Congress and is fiercely committed to transparency in leading the Secret Service through the internal investigation and strengthening the agency through lessons learned in these important internal and external reviews,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement late Wednesday.

Cheatle was confronted by senators who were demanding answers when she showed up at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.

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[Jackie-wolf]

I'm tired of these people trying to make it a gun issue instead of questioning these witnesses on what did or did not happen that day

[cindyheartsz]

The fact that the sworn officers are saying “there is more to the story” is mind blowing! S/o to the officers who are speaking up!

[danos]

As a former Law Enforcement Officer (Retired) of nearly 28 years, it was drilled into our heads to NEVER leave our post without notifying a Supervisor first. We then have to wait until replacement arrives before we can leave. My Department is an 800 man Department and is second largest in my State.

[keithjackson]

Good grief we didn't want to hear a lecture on gun control crazy people do not follow laws

[harrylazard]

Democrats diffuse responsibility of the SS failure by using the hearing for their battle against US citizens owning firearms. We need Representees to focus on the SS failure and make speeches on firearms at another time...

[spyder]

We need whoever was part of this plot to go to jail. The 3.6 billion we spend on the SS, Americans deserve better. A mom and pop security agency could have done better for way cheaper.

[MichaelJager-pdqk]

These mistakes are so bad you would think it was done on purpose.

[halpender]

Don't touch people's right to own guns because the secret service was incompetent. It's like taking everyone's cars away because of irresponsible teen drunk drivers.stupid

[llllIllIIl]

her resignation isnt enough. the victims of that day deserve justice due to her gross negligence. she needs to be prosecuted.

[j.fulton]

I watched this with great interest until some of the speakers turned it into an anti gun referendum. Narrow minded people should not serve in either house.

[dominickbono]

Secret service failed and should all be fired and imprisoned

[brittany]

Why is she saying she won’t get into specifics for that day and why is she legally allowed to not answer these questions? The American people deserve to know.

[normagruchow]

Finally, she has stepped down. They still need to uncover who she is covering for. Mayorkas comes to mind.

[laney]

Why is Mayorkas not gone? Resignations not enough. Both should be arrested!

[zinaboltan]

The question is: Who had put her career under the bus? Who had ordered the assassination?

[Johnnyp]

I want to make something very clear, it’s not the gun that is the problem. Making guns illegal are not going to stop bad people from getting their hands on them. And even so, hunting bolt action rifles are just as dangerous so if anyone thinks that trying to ban “assault weapons” are going to just stop at semi automatic rifles, you are wrong. Making any gun illegal is only going to affect those who obtain them legally and use them lawfully.

[theocrat]

Is it true that at least one sniper team spotted the shooter on the roof 20 minutes before he opened fire? If this is true, it's unacceptable that they waited until he started shooting first.

[thefreese]

Democrats not letting a crisis go to waste.. this isn't a gun control hearing..

[letsgobrandon]

New Drinking Game. Take a shot every time you hear a Democrat not ask questions about this hearing, but rather they start grandstanding for more gun control.
Take a Shot when you hear the following; AR-15, Weapons of war, Mass shooters preference of gun, Assault Rifle, Clip, Ban guns.

[GTMemes]

All we will get tomorrow from FBIs Wray : "I don't have that information in front of me, I'll get back to you "
" I cant comment as it's an open investigation "
Lather, Rinse and Repeat
"I dont have that information in front of me. I'll get back to you"
"I cant comment on a. Open investigation" blah blah blah