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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rebecca Santana

INSANE: Secret service head vows accountability for abject failure in first trump assassination attempt | Rare Historical Photos

Congress Secret Service - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The acting director of the Secret Service is promising accountability for what he called the agency’s “abject failure” to secure the rally where a gunman opened fire on Donald Trump last summer during his presidential campaign.

Ronald Rowe is set to testify Thursday in front of a bipartisan House task force investigating how the Secret Service, which protects the highest echelon of American leaders, performed during two assassination attempts against Trump in two months. A portion of Rowe's remarks was released before the hearing.

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