Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, Jr. says his agency was delayed in using a drone system that could have stopped shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
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FoxNews’ChadPergrampreviewstheSenate’sTuesdayhearingwithactingU.S.SecretServiceDirectorRonaldRoweJr.andFBIDeputyDirectorPaulAbbateaslawmakerscontinueinvestigatingthesecuritylapsesatTrump’sButlerrally.
ActingSecretServiceDirectorRonaldRowe,Jr.admittedtotheSenateonTuesdaythattheassassinationattemptagainstformerPresidentTrumpwas“afailureoftheSecretService,”andnotlocallawenforcement.
Rowe’sadmissionwasthemostdirectassignmentofguiltbytheSecretServiceandinvestigatorssincetheJuly13shooting.TheactingdirectorappearedbeforetheSenateJudiciaryandHomelandSecuritycommitteesonTuesdayalongsideFBIDeputyDirectorPaulAbbate.
RowedetailedthefailureofadronedetectionsystemthatwassupposedtobeonlinebeforeshooterThomasMatthewCrooksconductedhisownreconnaissancethedayoftherally.
Investigatorssaythedronesystemwasreliantonpubliccellphoneservicea
