Secret Service Trump Rally Response Spurs Bipartisan Queries
A law enforcement official on stage during a campaign event with former US President Donald Trump on July 13.
Photographer: Joe Appel/BloombergA top House Republican is demanding answers from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Secret Service’s actions Saturday at the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was shot.
Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) on Sunday sent a letter, first obtained by Bloomberg Government, pledging “rigorous oversight” and asking Mayorkas for information on the perimeter security protocols at the site of the campaign rally and whether Trump had adequate protection from the Secret Service. Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) also sent a letter to the agency Sunday calling the event a security failure and demanding more information.