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WATCH: Sen. Lee questions acting Secret Service director on Trump rally shooting probe
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7:41Now PlayingSen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, spoke in a hearing Tuesday where U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe and FBI deputy director Paul Abbate testified on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Lee questioned why Trump was allowed on the stage when there were reports of a possible threat.
Rowe answered that the person was at that point considered just suspicious that and there was never any communication about a weapon. Rowe then said there had been multiple reports of possible suspicious people that day.
“There were other individuals that came to the attention of law enforcement that day,” Rowe said.
Lee then asked if President Joe Biden would ever be allowed on stage under similar circumstances.
Rowe said it comes down to whether the individual has a weapon, is carrying an IED or has something else questionable on their body.
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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