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Democratic Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal made some stunning comments on Thursday following a closed-door briefing by acting Secret Service director Richard Rowe.
RowetestifiedbeforeajointcommitteelookingintothesecurityfailuresduringtheJuly13assassinationattemptonformerPresidentDonaldTrump.TheJointSenateCommitteeonHomelandSecurityandGovernmentalAffairsandSenateCommitteeontheJudiciarywillreleaseaninterimreport“shortly”accordingtoBlumenthal.
“IthinktheAmericanpeoplearegoingtobeshocked,astonished,andappalledbywhatwewillreporttothemaboutthefailuresbytheSecretServiceinthisassassinationattemptontheformerpresident,”BlumenthaltoldFoxNews.“ButIthinktheyalsooughttobeappalledandastonishedbythefailureoftheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritytobemoreforthcoming,tobeascandidandfrank,asitshouldbetothemintermsofprovidinginformation.”
Blumenthalwouldn’tbespecificaboutwhattheinterimreportmightsay.Butit’sbeenmadeamplyclearthattheSecretServiceandtheDepartmentofHomelandSecu
