{"id":133786,"date":"2024-12-06T01:49:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133786"},"modified":"2024-12-06T01:49:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:49:46","slug":"lawmaker-accuses-acting-secret-service-director-of-9-11-publicity-stunt-and-auditioning-to-keep-his-post-in-tense-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133786","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker accuses acting Secret Service director of 9\/11 publicity stunt and \u2018auditioning\u2019 to keep his post in tense exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Washington<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkfxe9002h26pc49sf972r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A yelling match erupted during a congressional hearing Thursday on the attempted assassinations against President-elect Donald Trump, as one congressman accused acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe of attending a 9\/11 memorial event as part of a publicity stunt.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkfz1k00003b5vov2hap02@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The tense exchange occurred during the final meeting of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, when Rep. Pat Fallon displayed a picture of Rowe standing behind President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during a 9\/11 commemorative event in New York City in September. Trump and Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance also attended the ceremony.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkls6o000b3b5v0s13g47y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The congressman, a Republican from Texas, accused Rowe of positioning himself in the area where the special agent in charge of Biden\u2019s detail would have been, so that he would be seen behind the president. Rowe is not expected to continue on in the role once Trump takes office and podcaster Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who was highly critical of the agency\u2019s leadership as security failures around the alleged attempts on Trump\u2019s life became clear, as well as Sean Curran, the head of Trump\u2019s current detail, are among those being considered for the job.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkltw1000f3b5vn1d9qrh3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rowe took exception to Fallon\u2019s accusation and quickly and forcefully pushed back.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkmpfx000l3b5v8zjt5dvq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cCongressman, what you\u2019re not seeing, is the SAC of the detail out of the picture\u2019s view,\u201d Rowe said, using the acronym for \u201cspecial agent in charge.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkmx3e000o3b5v3b0g3ueg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAnd that is the day where we remember the more than 3,000 people that died in 9\/11,\u201d Rowe added. \u201cI actually responded to Ground Zero. I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center. I was there at Fresh Kills,\u201d Rowe added, referencing a Staten Island landfill where debris from the attack was taken.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkns1s000r3b5v3aup9ix0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Fallon tried to interrupt Rowe: \u201cI\u2019m not asking you that.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkq903000u3b5vvlutvyls@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI was there, congressman!\u201d Rowe yelled while pointing at Fallon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkrs6d00103b5v1gjhfin1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The shouting match took place during the final hearing of the congressional task force that investigated two attempts on Trump\u2019s life: the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left Trump injured and one of his supporters dead, and the alleged September 15 plot to assassinate Trump at one of his golf clubs.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bktlez00133b5vn1251tyk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rowe \u2013 the sole witness in Thursday\u2019s hearing, who was promoted from deputy director to interim head of the agency in the wake of the first attempt on Trump\u2019s life \u2013 has acknowledged security failures that day and laid out a number of changes at the agency.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkveey00163b5vqnqoqcu5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rowe has previously admitted that \u201ccomplacency\u201d at the agency \u201cled to a breach in protocol\u201d and that employees who are found to have been complacent \u201cwill be held accountable.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkxc4q00193b5v10jva7f2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He also acknowledged future strains the agency might face, including the 2028 presidential election cycle.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bkz2hx001c3b5vnwtazb7j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The exchange between Rowe and Fallon continued to devolve as the two men shouted over one another, with Rowe accusing the congressman of trying to \u201cbully\u201d him and \u201cevoke 9\/11 for political purposes,\u201d while the congressman suggested Rowe \u201cwanted to be visible because you were auditioning for this job.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bl25c5001i3b5vkjg3quf6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Fallon told Rowe: \u201cYou endangered President Biden\u2019s life, Vice President Harris\u2019 life, because you put those agents out of position.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4bl26vz001m3b5vgsokadok@published\" 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