The House Select Committee on President-elect Trump's two assassination attempts is scheduled to convene for a final hearing Thursday ahead of the release of its long-awaited report.
USSS Director Ronald Lowe testifies before Congress. Task force members will then meet behind closed doors to review the final report.
Chairman Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) said the hearings were aimed at restoring confidence in federal law enforcement.
“The number one thing we're working on is making sure the public knows what happened that day, because there's still a lot of confusion about this incident,” Kelly told Fox News on Wednesday. told Digital.
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The Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force, led by Representatives Mike Kelly (left) and Jason Crow (right), is nearing the end of its investigation. (Getty Images)
“When you look at the Secret Service, it's always been the elite of the elite. So I think what we're trying to do is … establish a situation where we can restore that trust.”
Trump held a rally in Kelly's district on July 13, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on the rally from just outside the security perimeter, wounding Trump and others. . One rally participant died.
In late September, USSS members opened fire on a 58-year-old man with a rifle at President Trump's golf course in Palm Beach, Florida, where the president-elect was out for the day.
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Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Lowe is scheduled to testify on Thursday. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolfe)
The incident led to intense scrutiny of the USSS and its security practices and led to the firing of USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle.
And while Mr Kelly admitted he would have “rather preferred” Ms Cheatle to testify before the select committee, he praised Mr Lowe's handling of the situation since she succeeded him.
“From the beginning he said, 'Look, this is completely our fault. This is the worst situation the Secret Service has ever been in,'” he said.
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Video of James Copenhaver, one of the critically injured victims of the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, shows him running across a rooftop minutes before shots rang out at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A person's figure is reflected. (James Copenhaver)
Kelly said he expected the final report to be released around Dec. 13, the “deadline” for the task force to issue its findings.
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The commission released an interim report in late October detailing “a lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and law enforcement partners ahead of the rally.”
The USSS officials who attended the rally provided “no clear guidance” to state and local officials on how to manage security outside the hard perimeter, and the morning of the rally, the USSS and the laws supporting them did not provide clear guidance. It is said that no central meeting was held with the executive agency. The findings are listed as key failings in the 51-page report.
