Government Accountability

Hawley Renews Push to Pass RECA & Deliver Nuclear Radiation Victims with Needed Compensation

Thursday, September 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today gave remarks on the Senate floor, urging the House of Representatives to pass his legislation to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) which has already passed the Senate twice. Senator Hawley's speech comes after a new Wall Street Journal opinion piece this week falsely claimed victims of Manhattan Project-era testing in various parts of the country were “never harmed” and are...

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Hawley Demands Secret Service Respond to Whistleblower Allegations Regarding Second Assassination Attempt of Trump

Thursday, September 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe detailing new whistleblower allegations about the Secret Service's apparent failures to secure known vulnerabilities at former President Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., this past Sunday, Sept. 15. "[A]n individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location—alleges there are ‘known vulnerabilities’ in the fence line surrounding the course: places...

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Senate Committee Unanimously Adopts Hawley Legislation Requiring Secret Service to Disclose All Documents on Failed Assassination Attempt Against Trump

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today unanimously adopted U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) amendment requiring Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe to submit to HSGAC, the committee of jurisdiction, any and all information in its possession pertaining to the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) also pledged to vote on related legislation in committee next week. "Given the way...

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BREAKING: Hawley Unveils New Whistleblower Report Detailing Secret Service Failures Surrounding the Attempted Assassination of President Trump

Monday, September 16, 2024

The Hawley Report has been shared with the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump to supplement their investigation WASHINGTON --  In the wake of a second assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) unveiled a new, 22-page whistleblower report detailing the failures of the United States Secret Service in connection with the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Trump. The Hawley Report has been...

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‘They Deserve to Have Their Communities Cleaned Up’: Hawley Stresses Urgent Need to Pass RECA During Exchange with Top Science Security Director

Thursday, September 12, 2024

In today's Senate Energy Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) renewed his push to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Senator Hawley questioned the Director of Science-Security Initiative Integration at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Shaun Gleason, on his experience working in a facility instrumental to shoring up America's nuclear prowess during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Senator...

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NEW WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATION: Secret Service Failed to Properly Train Agents Assigned to Candidate Details, Trump Rally

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Yesterday U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe following new whistleblower allegations that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents who partnered with the Secret Service for protective details were improperly trained. Reports indicate that this deficient training extended to the Butler, Pa., rally where former president Donald Trump was shot.“Whistleblower allegations to my office report that the only training received by many HSI...

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NEW WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATION: Secret Service Prevented Extra Security Assets for Trump Rally

Friday, August 23, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe following new whistleblower allegations that call into question Acting Director Rowe's testimony regarding the denial of additional security assets for former President Trump’s event in Butler, Pa.  "[O]fficials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the trip not to request any additional security assets in its formal manpower request—effectively denying...

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Hawley Releases New Whistleblower Claims Alleging Secret Service Director’s Role in Scaling Back Agency’s Manpower, Retaliating Against Agents who Speak Out

Thursday, August 01, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe after new whistleblower claims point to his actions as a reason for the agency's failures to protect former President Donald Trump. "Since your testimony before the Senate of July 30, new and disturbing information has come to light about Secret Service planning for the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump campaign event—and your own involvement," wrote Senator Hawley. "The...

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‘No One Has Been Fired’: Hawley Pushes for Accountability from Secret Service on Trump Assassination Attempt

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

In a joint hearing today with members of the Senate Judiciary and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted United States Secret Service (USSS) Acting Director Ronald Rowe, demanding answers for the lack of accountability in the attempted assassination of former President Trump.  In his questioning, Senator Hawley asked Acting Director Rowe for names of those who were in charge of multiple security efforts the day the...

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NEW Whistleblower Allegations: Hawley Reveals Secret Service Declined Drone Usage Day of Trump Butler Rally

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a follow-up letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding his agency turn over all records concerning the United States Secret Service's (USSS) availability or use of drones during former President Donald Trump's July 13 rally.  Senator Hawley's letter comes after new whistleblower claims to his office allege that USSS officers at the rally refused to deploy drones—the same technology President Trump's...

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