Patrick Fallon

'This is an unacceptable dereliction of your duty'

The multilayered nature of presidential and candidate security is complicating calls for former President Trump to have the same level of protection as a sitting president, prompting a Republican clash with Secret Service, who says Trump’s security is already at the highest level. The sitting president has the support of a vast infrastructure that includes the [...]

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Congressional leaders on Monday named Colorado's U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to a bipartisan House task force charged with investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

There was bipartisan agreement in getting to the bottom of the failures and negligence that led to the attempted assassination of former President Trump upon the naming of a new task force.

The task force will be probing the attempt to kill former President Donald Trump.

The 13 lawmakers appointed to the task force by House leaders have backgrounds in law enforcement, legal affairs and the military.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced the members tapped to serve on the bipartisan task force set to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month. Why it matters: The task force will have jurisdiction of the investigation going forward, after multiple House committees launched individual probes after Trump was shot on July 13. Johnson selected Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who was in attendance at the rally, to serve its chair, and Reps. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Clay Higgins (R-La.) and Pat Fallon (R-Texas) to sit on the panel. Jeffries appointed Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) to serve as ranking member, with Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.), Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) set to be on the committee. "We have the utmost confidence in this bipartisan group of steady, highly qualified, and capable Members of Congress to move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and help make certain such failures never happen again," Johnson and Jeffries said in a joint statement. Driving the news: The names come after days of talks between leaders, with the House having voted to create the task force last Wednesday.The lawmakers will be tasked with looking into what went wrong and making recommendations on legislation aimed at making necessary reforms to prevent similar instances moving forward. The shooting led to strong concerns on the Secret Service's failures on the day of the rally, with the agency's director ultimately stepping down after both sides of the aisle sounded the alarm on her handling of the matter. The big picture: Both leaders have called for a swift and serious investigation, with the task force set to have subpoena authority to conduct its probe.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday announced the seven Republicans and six Democrats who will sit on the task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump. The Republican chair of the panel will be Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.), who represents Butler, Pa., where the shooting [...]

Ex-Director Cheatle’s bewildering comments following the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt, combined with her inept testimony before Congress, have proved troubling for the nation.

Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at a Monday House Committee hearing over security preparedness concerns at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on June 13, where an assassination attempt was made on former President Donald Trump.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced a barrage of questions Monday about the assassination attempt of former President Trump but offered few answers, infuriating lawmakers who increased their calls for her resignation. Cheatle took fire from all sides, with Democrats joining the GOP in both their frustration with the director and disbelief over her inability [...]

Kimberly Cheatle said her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded that she resign.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted to Congress on Monday that she and her agency failed when a would-be assassin wounded Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but rebuffed bipartisan calls to resign.