Comer (R-KY) revealed that he has already contacted the Secret Service and requested its director appear for a hearing on what authorities are investigating as an assassination attempt against the former president.
“I have already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and am also calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear for a hearing. The Oversight Committee will send a formal invitation soon,” Comer said in a statement.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that his panel will open an investigation into the shooting against former President Donald Trump. AP Comer revealed that he has already contacted Secret Service for a hearing on what authorities are investigating as an assassination attempt against the former president. REUTERS
“I have already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and am also calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear for a hearing. The Oversight Committee will send a formal invitation soon,” Comer said in a statement. AP
Trump, 78, was delivering a speech at a rally in Butler, Pa. when multiple shots were fired just after 6 pm ET. The former president, who was seen with blood gushing from his right ear claimed afterward that he “felt the bullet ripping through my skin” and that he “was shot with a bullet.”
The suspected shooter, who has not yet been identified, was “neutralized by Secret Service, according to the agency. At least one rally-goer is dead and two other spectators were badly injured, per the Secret Service.
“My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the assassination attempt at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. I thank the brave Secret Service members who put their lives at risk to protect President Trump and for the American patriots in the audience who helped others who were hurt,” Comer went on.
Officers standing over the alleged shooter after former President Donald Trump was shot. Obtained by NY Post
“Political violence in all forms is unamerican and unacceptable. There are many questions and Americans demand answers.”
The Post contacted the Secret Service for comment.
Trump was evaluated at Butler Memorial Hospital after the attack and the Secret Service as well as other law enforcement agencies are investigating the situation.
Saturday’s shooting against Trump marks the first time since the assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan that a gunman came close to killing a former or sitting US president.
One photo that circulated after the shooting showed a bullet whizzing what appears to have been inches away from Trump’s head.
President Biden, 81, condemned the attack on his chief political rival as “sick” in a public address and said that he was working to make contact with Trump.
“Look, there’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country,” Biden said. “We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”
The shooting took place just ahead of the Republican National Convention which is set to commence in Milwaukee, Wisc. on Monday.
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Question ❓. Where did the bullet go. that grazed his ear... wouldn't it have hit someone behind him? It magically disappears... seriously...there were a hundred people in that gallery, yet no one else got injured..
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