Lawmakers fume at Secret Service, demand accountability after first Trump task force hearing
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House lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt task force held their first hearing, largely focused on Secret Service errors.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
"I counted, I think, in the brief five or six minutes that I had, seven different ways in which they could have eliminated that threat, and they didn't do it," task force member Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "Which is really just so shocking, because I thought the Secret Service was the premier protective agency in the world, and clearly they're not." Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
Multiple lawmakers indicated tht they are looking to hear from Acting USSS Director Ronald Rowe again, particularly after Congress recently allocated $230 billion in additional funding for the agency.