Secret Service will privately brief lawmakers on Trump assassination attempt

Congress is quickly ramping up a sprawling, multi-committee investigation into nan assassination effort against erstwhile President Donald Trump, pinch overmuch of its early scrutiny focused connected nan Secret Service.

House Oversight Committee members will get a briefing pinch nan agency connected Tuesday, a committee adjutant told POLITICO.

In summation to nan briefing, Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) has invited Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to attest publically earlier his sheet connected July 22. The committee adjutant said that "based connected our conversations pinch nan Secret Service,” they expect Cheatle will look for nan proceeding and “more specifications will beryllium announced soon.”

The House Oversight Committee is 1 of respective legislature panels poised to behaviour investigations into Saturday’s shooting.

House Homeland Security Republicans are group to beryllium briefed by Cheatle connected Monday. Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said pinch Cheatle connected Sunday and sent a petition for records to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is besides moving its ain probe into nan shooting.

Speaker Mike Johnson, successful a societal media station complete nan weekend, vowed nan House would behaviour a “full investigation.”

“The American group merit to cognize nan truth. We will person Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and different due officials from DHS and nan FBI look for a proceeding earlier our committees ASAP,” he added.

FBI Director Christopher Wray was already scheduled to attest successful beforehand of nan House Judiciary Committee adjacent week earlier Saturday’s shooting.

But astir of Congress’ early questions are focused connected Cheatle and nan Secret Service, pinch lawmakers questioning publically really nan gunman was capable to get connected a tile astir 200 yards from wherever Trump was speaking.

Cheatle, successful a Monday statement, said nan Secret Service would cooperate pinch an independent reappraisal announced by President Joe Biden, arsenic good arsenic moving “with nan due Congressional committees connected immoderate oversight action.”

“The Secret Service is moving pinch each progressive Federal, authorities and section agencies to understand what happened, really it happened, and really we tin forestall an incident for illustration this from ever taking spot again. We understand nan value of nan independent reappraisal announced by President Biden yesterday and will participate fully,” she added.