JULY 30, 2024, UPDATE:
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JULY 30, 2024:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate lawmakers are expected to grill the Secret Service’s acting director about law enforcement lapses in the hours before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. It’s the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to the July 13, 2024, shooting at the Republican presidential candidate’s Pennsylvania rally. Ronald Rowe became acting director of the agency last week after Kimberly Cheatle resigned in the aftermath of a House hearing in which she was berated by lawmakers and failed to answer specific questions about the communication failures preceding the shooting. Rowe will be joined by the FBI’s deputy director at a hearing of two Senate committees on Tuesday (July 30, 2024).
JULY 24, 2024:
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to testify about the bureau’s investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, with lawmakers at a congressional hearing likely to press him for fresh details about the gunman’s motive and background. Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee will represent Wray’s most detailed comments to date about a shooting that has again thrust the FBI into the political maelstrom as agents continue to investigate the 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.
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