Secret Service boss tells Congress how they fixed Trump protection after July attack
Secret Service acting chief explains new security changes after summer shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania. During heated Congress meeting he took blame for protection failures
Acting Secret Service boss Ronald L Rowe Jr spoke to Congress this thursday about big changes in how they protect important people. His talk came bout 5 months after that scary july incident in Butler PA‚ where someone shot at then president-elect Donald Trump during a rally (one person died and three got hurt including Trump)
The meeting got pretty heated — lawmakers and Rowe got into some loud back-and-forth arguments about whats wrong with the agency. Rowe didnt try to dodge blame: “the gravity of our failure“ he said pointing to problems with intel-sharing and team communication
The changes came after looking at several issues:
- Better ways to spot threats early
- New rules for sharing important info
- Different training for agents
- Fixed chain-of-command stuff
Congress members pushed hard on culture problems in the service too — Rowe explained how theyre fixing things from top-to-bottom. The whole meeting showed how much work needs doing to keep VIPs safe‚ but at least theyre making real changes now
