All Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have called on its chair, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to hold a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
All Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have called on its chair, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to hold a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
Led by ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, they asked Durbin to hold a hearing to call U.S. Department of Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray as witnesses.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction and oversight authority over all three agencies; the Secret Service falls under the leadership of Mayorkas.
“In light of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and the murder and injury of other attendees at a peaceful political event, we urgently request that you hold a hearing into the circumstances that led to this tragedy,” they wrote, calling on him to request Mayorkas, Cheatle and Wray to testify,” the letter, dated Monday. said.
“There is much unknown about this attempted assassination, but its occurrence raises alarming questions and concerns,” they said, raising questions about how a “would-be assassin was able to access a nearby rooftop with a rifle and a line of sight to President Trump.”
Because of the committee’s oversight of the federal agencies responsible for security of the president and former presidents, they said the committee “must fulfill its responsibility to investigate this thoroughly and publicly to understand how this happened and how it can be prevented in the future.
