WATCH: Rep. Fallon questions Secret Service director at hearing on attempted Trump assassination
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Published 2024-07-22
“Director Cheatle, under your leadership, your agency got outsmarted and outmaneuvered by a 20-year-old,” Fallon said, referring to the suspected gunman. “How can we have any confidence that you can stop a trained professional from a foreign nation state?”
Fallon cited intel from U.S. authorities that there was an Iranian plot to kill Trump, an increased security threat to the former president before the campaign rally. Fallon echoed other lawmakers’ concerns that the director didn’t adequately establish security measures ahead of the event.
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