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WATCH: Wray calls Trump assassination attempt ‘attack on our democracy’ in hearing opening remarks
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7:52Now PlayingFBI Director Christopher Wray offered condolences to the victims of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Before facing questions from the House Judiciary Committee, Wray acknowledged the death of one rallygoer at the event and the two others critically wounded in the shooting, as well as the threat made to Trump.
“The attempted assassination of the former president was an attack on our democracy and our democratic process, and we will not and do not tolerate political violence of any kind, especially a despicable account of this magnitude,” the director said in his opening remarks.
Wray said the agency and all of its resources are being leveraged to get to the bottom of how this shooting unfolded.
“The shooter may be deceased, but the FBI’s investigation is very much ongoing.”
On Monday, the House Oversight Committee grilled Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service at the time of the deadly shooting. Members on both sides of the aisle called for her resignation and she announced Tuesday she was stepping down. Cheatle repeatedly referred lawmakers seeking details to the investigation being carried out by the FBI.
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