As Congress conducts hearings and tries to get to the bottom of the numerous failures by the Secret Service that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month, one after another, Secret Service officials who should have known basic things like who was in charge and making sure there was coordination with local authorities, are instead claiming no knowledge of anything and coming off like the Keystone Cops.
A new House Bill could be just the thing to prevent another massive Secret Service breakdown.
Rep. August Pfluger and five other House Republicans are backing a bill that would subject the Secret Service Director to a confirmation process in the Senate.
Currently, the Secret Service Director is appointed by the president.
The Secret Service has rightly been the subject of intense scrutiny since July 13, when Trump and two rally attendees were shot, one fatally.
Pfluger went on to say that Senate confirmation of the position would ensure that nominees are "Capable and apolitical." The recent history of the Secret Service, the premier agency tasked with the protection of the president of the United States, as well as other high-level officials under the direction of former director Kimberly Cheatle, has been rather sketchy.
Cheatle was replaced by acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, who went through a similar grilling recently when he and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate appeared before the Senate Judiciary and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees.
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