WASHINGTON—The U.S. Secret Service is facing multiple congressional investigations into its actions surrounding a failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13.
Bipartisan members of Congress widely condemned the assassination attempt and several have announced investigations into the Secret Service’s security arrangements for the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, with a series of hearings planned beginning the week of July 22, when Congress reconvenes.
Former President Trump was speaking at the rally on July 13 when, at 6:11 p.m., he was shot at by Thomas Matthew Crooks from the roof of a nearby building. One bullet grazed former President Trump’s right ear, which was bleeding as he was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents. A rally attendee was killed and two were wounded….