Secret Service Director Hammered in Hearing

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And what time did was Secret Serviceaware of the active threat against President Trump?
Director? What time? So,the Secret Service was aware that there
was an individual who had been identifiedas suspicious and that that individual was attempting

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to be tracked down at what time? I don't have a specific timeline other
than to the director has been ninedays? At what time? I want
to make sure that I give youfactual information, Sir, Director. Have
you talked to the agents on theground that day? Yes, I have.
You've talked to all of them.Your senior team has talked to every

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agent that was on the ground thatday, Yes, we have. Have
they all corroborated the same time theyidentified the shooter or they were made aware
of the shooter, either by attendeesin the crowd or local police department.
There are a number of reports ofwhen those times were made. Was it
five minutes before the first shot rangout? No? Generally speaking, Was

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it ten minutes before the first shotrang out? No, it was at
fifteen minutes before the first shot rangout. It was less than that timeframe
when it was identified as a threat. How many days before the shooting took
places? At Secret Service actually dotheir advance work to secure the facility that
the rally was going to be heldat five days. In the five days

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prior, when the Security Advanced Teamdid their work, they did they identify
the rooftop as a potential threat.Again, I'm pulling those reports and that
information. It has been nine days. It kind of went on and on
like that. That was Congressman ByronDonald's from Florida, one of many on
that Congressional Oversight committe questioning Secret Servicehad Gamberly Cheateley yesterday and she had frustratingly

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few answers. And we're joined fora few minutes this morning by Fox News
Radios Ryan Schmels, Ryan, goodmorning, Hey, good morning. I
don't remember seeing contentious hearing where bothparties seem to be kind of on the
same page. They almost all wanther gone, especially with hearing like this

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where we're talking about a presidential nomineeand former President Trump and just the overall
just situation here. But yes,it was a very by partisan hearing yesterday.
There are a couple of spats hereand there, but not too many.
And yes, it's a major concernfor these lawmakers to see, especially
when you know you have President Bidenwho's going to be still doing the presidential
duties and traveling. You'll have VicePresident Harris on the campaign trail more aggressively

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now, and you'll have a formerPresident Trump and JD. Vance on the
campaign trail too, and plus theirspouses will all be out there as well.
So this is a major concern goingforward, especially when Secret Services demands
are going to only be increasing.But the confidence is certainly decreasing. Right
And I know you're you're doing news, you don't do opinion, but give

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me a sense of you can,Ryan, what do you believe from what
we've seen about why she's refusing tostep down in the wake of it?
Yeah, I can't well, Ican't really get into why. I do
know that there's some hesitation because forfor some members to call on her to
step down because there is an activeinvestigation and there's still a lot to learn.
But she certainly didn't help herself yesterday. I think everyone's kind of under

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the influence that you know, sheyesterday was not a good hearing for the
Secret Service, and there certainly area number of Democrats now who are go
weary about her ability to do thejob, and especially I think the big
one yesterday was seeing the top Democraton the Oversight Committee, Jamie Raskin,
come out at the end of thehearing and call on her to step aside,
saying she's lost the confidence of Congress. So this is just not a

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good day for her, no doubt. So where do we go from here?
When she says I don't have thatinformation, are they going to call
her back? I think that's theirwell. I think some other committees want
to hear from her. She rejectedan opportunity to testify in front of the
Homeland Security Committee today, but insteadwe're going to hear from local law enforcement
and we'll also hear from the FBIdirector on Wednesday. But we did just

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have some breaking news that came down, and that is that Speaker Johnson and
Leader jeffery Is, the top Democratin the House, have announced a bipartisan
task force to investigate the assassination attemptof former President Trump. It'll have six
Democrats, seven Republicans, uh,and the task force will have the peanut
power as well as pretty much anyinvestigative authority at the House is allowed to

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have great and that would include Iassume testimony under oath potentially I believe so
correct. Okay, Ryan, thanksRyan, of course, thank you.
You've got Fox News radio man.That was bizarre yesterday that that was just
what Here's what I don't understand.If I'm Kimberly Cheetle, you can say,

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Okay, I can't talk about certainthings here because because of this ongoing
investigation and the FBI's perview and soon. But why wouldn't you be prepared
with the basics of the information that'salready out there? And why haven't I
provided you, mister committee and missuscommittee member, with what you asked for.

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I'll have to get back to youon that. Are you kidding me?
She didn't feel like she needed tobe there. There's an active investigation
with the FBI, and she feltthese guys just wanted to go in there
and beat her up for political points. Maybe she's right on that, but
to not answer basic questions like that. Yeah, she has a long history

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with the Secret Service, about thirtyyears before she went and did security for
Pepsi, those coke Pepsi wars.Oh boy,