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Trump assassination attempt hearing goes off the rails as shouting match erupts between acting Secret Service director, GOP rep

Rep. Pat Fallon asks Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe about his appearing as a dignitary, rather than for security at a 9/11 memorial event


Tensions flared as Republicans on the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump grilled acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe during the panel’s final hearing which devolved into a fiery screaming match.

Rowe was set off by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) who lambasted him for taking nine days to visit the Butler, Pa., site of the first attempted assassination, despite being deputy director. Rowe trekked over to the site only after he was elevated to acting director with the resignation of his boss, Kimberly Cheatle. -- More...

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