‘There Are So Many Questions’: Anthony D'Esposito Demands Answers In Trump Assassination Attempt

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Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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00:00I do want to go back to that assassination attempt. Since then, there

00:04have been multiple investigations into how this happened. What are some of the

00:09biggest questions you still have less than three weeks later? Yeah, so I sit on

00:13the House Homeland Security Committee and we are conducting a parallel

00:18investigation with House Oversight and obviously the newly formed task force

00:22that was put together by Speaker Johnson. And I think that the questions, there

00:26are so many questions, but I think some of the most important are looking at

00:32the plans that were laid out for that rally in Pennsylvania. Let's look at

00:37the preplan operation. Let's look at the plan of attack for the day. Were the

00:42resources that were requested? Were they all provided? Were the resources that

00:46were on site? Were they trained for that situation? Were they members of the

00:54Secret Service who had previous training at large-scale events? Was

01:00the communication with the local agencies, the state and local agencies?

01:05What was their communication? What was the communication breakdown? I mean, we

01:09could rewind back. I mean, as someone, again, who has spent a lifetime in the

01:14first responder world, I mean, we could rewind back to September 11, 2001, when

01:19we experienced some of the worst communication breakdown probably in our

01:24history. And why? Because agencies weren't able to communicate with one

01:28another on scene and were unable to provide critical information that

01:33probably would have saved lives on that morning. And I think that, again, you ask

01:39your question, are we better off today than we were at that last incident? And

01:43you know, we need to make sure that the Secret Service are coordinating with

01:49local agencies. And we've all seen it. It's one of those things, the Secret

01:53Service comes in, or a bigger law enforcement agency, you know, I was a

01:56member of the NYPD, you know, you have, you're one of the biggest forces, you

02:00have the, you know, you have the newest toys and resources. And when you come up

02:06and when you come in and show, I mean, just last week for the Benjamin Netanyahu

02:10speech, there were 225 uniformed NYPD cops that came to Washington, DC to help

02:17the Capitol Police. And when they show up, they are a real presence. And but

02:22that doesn't mean that there shouldn't be coordination and communication with

02:25all agencies on the ground. So that's a conversation we need to have, we need to

02:29make sure that none of the decisions made on that, that day, and leading up

02:34to that day were political. What were their resources that weren't provided to

02:39that, to that rally because of who the rally was for? You know, we asked the

02:45questions, you know, why wasn't RFK Jr. provided the Secret Service protection

02:52that his team requested months and months ago. So there are a lot of

02:56questions that need that need to be answered. As someone who spent a career

03:00in law enforcement, I am not ready to start Monday morning quarterbacking it

03:04and pointing fingers until I have all the facts in front of me to I read till

03:08I read the transcripts till I hear the radio transmissions till I have the

03:12opportunity to interview and interrogate the individuals who need to be held

03:16accountable. And then I will utilize my 16 years of investigative experience to

03:22make an informed decision on how we move forward.

‘There Are So Many Questions’: Anthony D'Esposito Demands Answers In Trump Assassination Attempt

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