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WATCH: Sen. Carper questions acting Secret Service director on Trump rally shooting probe
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5:40Now PlayingSen. Thomas Carper, D-Del, questioned U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe and FBI deputy director Paul Abbate in a hearing Tuesday.
Carper asked Rowe what the policies are for Secret Service to communicate with other law enforcement officers and if any changes need to be made.
“I can't get over how a 20-year-old loner could somehow outfox, outsmart two of the smartest federal agencies and state agencies and law enforcement with an odds of like 1,000 to 1 and be able to almost pull this off,” Carper said. “It just blows my mind.”
Rowe answered that communications are a “complex challenge” and that during the July 13 Trump rally, the operation experienced “cellular issues.”
Communication that day was “not just challenging for the Secret Service, but challenging for locals,” Rowe said. “I think we need to consider what is our model moving forward and I think we need to be where the greatest amount of partners are when that information is being discussed.”
The joint hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Senate Judiciary Committee was the latest to examine what investigators have learned about the shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, as well as the security failures that preceded the deadly shooting.
Rowe, who since 2023 had been serving as deputy director of the Secret Service, was appointed acting director after Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation.
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