Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials have accepted they were surprised as how the gunman, identified as Thomas Crooks, managed to take number of shots at Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, even as Secret Service guarded the former president.
Addressing a press conference after the attack, FBI and Pennsylvania State Police officials looked anxious as they put several questions about the efficiency of the US Secret Service who were missing from the gathering.
‘It’s surprising but, to get all the details of that will come out later in the investigation’, said Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office.
‘The Secret Service needs to answer that question’, Rojek stated. He further added that the FBI was only there to support the Secret Service who were in charge of securing the scene.
While the FBI threw the Secret Service under the bus Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens came to their rescue. ‘In their defence, what I would want to say is it is incredibly difficult to have a venue open to the public and secure that against any possible threat against a determined attacker, that’s a huge lift to try and do it’ Bivens told reporters.
Late on Saturday House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that the panel will soon open an investigation into the failed assassination bid. Comer said Secret Service had already been asked to testify before the committee about the lapse that led to the nearly fatal accident.
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