Senate Homeland Security Chair Gary Peters told reporters that the committee is opening a bipartisan investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, and they hope to “expedite” the process and hold hearings before the Senate leaves for August recess.
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Senate Homeland Security Chair says committee opening bipartisan investigation into attempted assassination
From CNN's Morgan Rimmer
“We’re going to be doing an investigation, a bipartisan investigation from the Committee on Homeland Security to look at the events that occurred and determine whether or not there were security breaches that we need to close,” said Peter. “We’ll try to expedite it. So right now, we’re asking for detailed briefings for committee members. So we would also likely have a hearing and we will try to expedite that as well.”
He added they will use their investigation into the security failures on January 6, 2021, as a “template” for this new effort. “If you recall, we did a comprehensive assessment of security after January 6. In that investigation, we had a number of recommendations and a significant number of those recommendations have now been incorporated into the security practices here at the Capitol,” said the Michigan Democrat.
Peters said that he “spoke at length” with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday, and that he is being briefed “momentarily” by the FBI. He has not spoken with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle yet and said that they have not set up a briefing for the full Homeland Security committee at this time - though they “anticipate that will happen soon.”