National Security

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Trump Assassination Attempt Transparency Act to require the federal government to declassify any and all information related to the U.S. Secret Service’s preparations for the rally, their interactions with the shooter, and their response to the assassination attempt on July 13.  “We need the truth about the assassination attempt against President Trump. We can’t let the federal government hide behind the...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers for new whistleblower information that suggests law enforcement personnel were assigned to be on the roof of the building on the day of President Trump's attempted assassination, but the post was abandoned. "Contrary to Director Cheatle’s public statements about the “safety” of the sloped roof of American Glass Research Building 6, one whistleblower with...

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that he will file a Senate resolution, calling for U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign immediately after her agency failed to protect former President Donald Trump from a preventable assassination attempt. Tomorrow as soon as the Senate reconvenes, I will introduce a resolution demanding Director Cheatle RESIGN— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 22, 2024 Last week, Senator Hawley traveled to Butler, PA—the site of...

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), wrote a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers behind the U.S. Secret Service's botched security rollout at President Donald Trump's July 13 rally. The letter comes after multiple whistleblowers contacted Senator Hawley's office with disturbing new information behind the assassination attempt on the former president. "Whistleblowers who have direct knowledge of the event have approached my office....