The acting director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, said Thursday that the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and how it operates following an assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail.
But at one point, the hearing devolved into a heated yelling match between Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon, a Texas Republican.
But at one point, the hearing devolved into a heated yelling match between Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon, a Texas Republican.
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00:00Do you recognize this photo?
00:07Yes, sir, I do.
00:08Okay.
00:09Was that a remembrance of September 11th?
00:13It was.
00:14Was it in New York?
00:15It was at Ground Zero.
00:16Who is usually at an event like this closest to the President of the United States, security-wise?
00:23The SAC of the Detail.
00:26Special Agent in Charge of the Detail.
00:27Were you the Special Agent in Charge of the Detail that day?
00:31Actually, let me address this.
00:34Could you please, staff, leave that one up with the circle around me?
00:38So actually, Congressman, what you're not seeing is the SAC of the Detail out of the
00:44picture's view.
00:46And that is the day where we remember the more than 3,000 people that have died on 9-11.
00:53I actually responded to Ground Zero.
00:56I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center.
00:59I was there at Fresh Kills.
01:00I'm not asking you that.
01:01I'm asking you!
01:02I was there, Congressman.
01:03You were the Special Agent in Charge!
01:04I was there to show respect for a Secret Service member that died on 9-11.
01:10You're trying to be...
01:11Do not invoke 9-11 for political purposes.
01:14Oh, I'm not.
01:15I'm invoking this.
01:16You are, sir.
01:17No, I'm not.
01:18Gentlemen.
01:19Gentlemen.
01:20The committee will come to order.
01:21I'm asking you serious questions for the American people, and they're very simple.
01:23They're not trick questions.
01:24Were you the Special Agent in Charge that day?
01:26No, I wasn't.
01:27I was there representing the United States Secret Service, sir.
01:30Mr. Palin, your time's expired.
01:31It did not affect protective operations.
01:33Mr. Palin, your time's expired.
01:34You know why you were there?
01:35Because you wanted to be visible.
01:36Because you were auditioning for this job.
01:37I was there to pay respect for a foreign member of this agency.
01:40You endangered President Biden's life.
01:41You are out of line, Congressman.
01:42You are out of line.
01:43Vice President Harris' life.
01:44Because you put those agents out of position.
01:46Mr. Palin.
01:47Did you have a radio with you?
01:48Mr. Palin, your time is expired.
01:49Did you wear a vest?
01:50Did you have a weapon?
01:51No.
01:52I did.