Acting USSS Dir. 'Ashamed,' 'Cannot Defend' Trump Shooting

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 30: Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. (L) and Deputy Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before testifying to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senators grilled the law enforcement officials about the events leading to the July 13 attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump, days before he accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. (L) and Deputy Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before testifying to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senators grilled the law enforcement officials about the events leading to the July 13 attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump, days before he accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Chloe Hauxwell
12:38 PM – Tuesday, July 30, 2024

The Acting Director of the Secret Service says he is ashamed and cannot defend the security failures that occurred at Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally.

Ronald Rowe Jr. testified before two Senate committees on Tuesday.

Members of the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees are trying to get to the bottom of the attempted assassination of President Trump.

In his opening remarks, Rowe said he recently traveled to the shooting site and laid where the gunman laid.

He said that what he saw while he was there made him feel ashamed.

“As a career law enforcement officer and a 25-year veteran with the Secret Service, I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured,” he said. “To prevent similar lapses from occurring in the future. I directed our personnel to ensure every event site security plan is thoroughly vetted by multiple experienced supervisors before it is implemented. It is clear to me that other protective enhancements could have strengthened our security at the Butler event.”

The FBI deputy director also testified. Paul Abbate explained that a social media account believed to belong to the shooter espoused political violence.

“While the investigative team is still working to verify this account to determine if it did in fact belong to the shooter, we believe it important to share and note it today,” Abbate said.

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