On Monday, failed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was pressed on the intelligence failures that resulted in the attempt on Donald Trump’s life over the weekend; “Do you call this a security failure on the part of the Secret Service?” Kate Bolduan asked.
“An incident like this cannot happen, that is precisely why President [Joe] Biden directed an independent review so that that review, its conclusions and its recommendations have the full confidence of the American public,” Mayorkas said. “We will carefully analyze in an independent and thorough fashion what occurred and recommendations will be made. Those recommendations will be implemented. We are in a dynamic threat environment, we adapt to that dynamism every single day and changes have been made to the Republican National Convention just as the eighteen-month planning calls for. It calls for changes based on changes in the threat environment, and that is where we are now.”
Bolduan pressed Mayorkas on exactly who failed to protect the former president.
“If you don’t want to say because a review is still happening, who? Who failed in terms of the security around this rally? Do you agree that it was a failure?” Bolduan asked. “You said this cannot happen. But first and foremost, before you make sure you make the changes, you have to acknowledge what a failure this was.”
“Kate, when I say that something like this cannot happen, we are speaking of a failure. We are going to analyze through an independent how that occurred, why it occurred, and make recommendations and findings to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” the DHS Secretary said. “I couldn’t be clearer.”
Watch the clip below:
'Who Failed?': CNN Host Presses Mayorkas On Secret Service's Response To Trump Assassination Attempt pic.twitter.com/Kf4Hpd88AZ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 15, 2024
The GOP-led House Oversight Committee has already announced an investigation into the failures in Butler, PA that led to former President Donald Trump getting shot.
“[Rep. James Comer] has invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify at a hearing on Monday, July 22. Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump.”
🚨BREAKING🚨@RepJamesComer has invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify at a hearing on Monday, July 22.
Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump. pic.twitter.com/zKia2oIxCf
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 14, 2024