Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Cat Oriel on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and Secret Service Director Cheatle resigning.
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00:00You are a member of the House Oversight Committee, which had a hearing last week following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
00:08During the hearing, you called on Secret Service Director Cheadle to resign, and in that moment, she was a bit unwilling to do so, but she did very soon after the next day resign.
00:17That was over a week ago now, though. What are the latest updates on the Congress's end in terms of the investigation into the incident, the Secret Service, and ensuring this never happens again?
00:28Well, I was really frustrated by the director's lack of transparency and lack of accountability.
00:36And I was the first Democrat on the House Oversight Committee to explicitly call for her to resign.
00:42It led to many other Democrats speaking out, and I'm glad she took accountability and did resign the next morning.
00:48I think she heard loud and clear that there was bipartisan anger at the failures that happened.
00:55I mean, it was a horrific assassination attempt. We still need answers.
00:59We need to understand why those lapses took place, what they're doing to rectify it, what they're doing to make sure that something like that never happens again against any former president, current president or presidential candidate.
01:15And I expect answers in the upcoming weeks.
01:19Answers in terms of what methods of getting it?
01:22I know there have been a bipartisan task force.
01:24You know, is that going to be enough or what other methods of answers do you think you'll you'll get?
01:30Well, I certainly think they need to talk to the bipartisan task force.
01:33But I also think the Oversight Committee answers.
01:36We need to know why those security lapses took place, what those security lapses were, who was responsible for it.
01:44Was it really a lone shooter or were more people involved in any way?
01:48I think that has to be definitively answered.
01:50What was the motive of the attack?
01:53How do we make sure that this type of attack never happens again?
01:57Is there a lack of resources that the agency needs?
02:00And if so, what can Congress do to help?
02:03I'm curious, from your perspective, as someone who spent a bit of time on the campaign trail, have you personally ever felt unsafe by the protection of Secret Service?
02:12Well, as a member of Congress, I don't get Secret Service protection, nor do I think we can have 435 members of Congress.
02:19If you are on the campaign trail with a president at a presidential rally, how have you felt, you know, being a member of Congress at a presidential rally and felt like, you know, Secret Service, their protection of that event?
02:29I have always felt safe when I was on the campaign trail for Bernie Sanders or for President Biden.
02:37And, you know, I think that the vast, vast majority of Secret Service agents are heroic and courageous and they risk their lives to protect the leaders of this country.
02:47The issue here is the leadership and what happened and what were the failures, and that's what we need to answer.