Screaming Match Breaks Out During Secret Service Hearing

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK

A legendary screaming match erupted at a hearing examining the Secret Service's response to Trump's assassination attempts. Here is a short transcript of what was said. Full video here.

“I actually responded to Ground Zero. I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center,” Rowe said.

“I’m not asking you that,” Fallon interrupted, raising his voice. “Were you the special agent in charge?”

Rowe yelled back: “I was there to show respect for a Secret Service member that died on 9/11.”

Fallon suggested that Rowe, who is not expected to stay on as director once Trump takes office in January, had placed himself in better view to “audition” for the role in case Harris won the presidency.

“Do not invoke 9/11 for political purposes,” Rowe told Fallon.

“I’m not,” Fallon replied. He accused Rowe: “You endangered President Biden’s life, Vice-President Harris’s life, because you put those agents out of position.”

Rowe denied that charge, telling Fallon: “You are out of line.”

Republican Mike Kelly, banged his gavel repeatedly until the shouting stopped. The agency was hammered for failing to ensure proper safety precautions at Trump's campaign rally in Pennsylvania. This is when a lone gunman wounded the president-elect on the right ear during a campaign speech.

Corey Comperatore was the shooter and was fatally shot and killed that day. Rowe called the security precautions "an abject failure"

“July 13 was a failure of the Secret Service to adequately secure the Butler Farm Shows site and protect president-elect Trump,” Rowe said. “That abject failure underscored critical gaps in Secret Service operations, and I recognize that we did not meet the expectations of the American public.”

“Let me be clear: there will be accountability, and that accountability is occurring,” Rowe told the taskforce. “It is essential that we recognize the gravity of our failure. I personally carry the weight of knowing that we almost lost a protectee and our failure cost a father and husband his life.”