Trump shooting: Five things we learned from Secret Service boss

In a tense hearing, Acting Director Ronald Rowe shared new details about security failures, the would-be assassin and changes.

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At an hours-long US Senate hearing, Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate outlined the ongoing investigation into what led to the shooting, elements of what they had learned about the would-be assassin, and the security failures that allowed the gunman to fire at the former president.

Mr Rowe's testimony before a joint panel of the Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary committees comes a week after his predecessor, Kim Cheatle, was forced to resign.

Ms Cheatle faced intense criticism for the Secret Service's handling of the 13 July rally in Butler that left a man dead and Trump and two others injured, and her inability to answer questions before the House Oversight Committee last week was ridiculed by Democrats and Republicans.

The two men's answers at Tuesday's hearings were more substantive than what was heard previously, and Mr Rowe attempted to reassure Senators with new plans to address security lapses.

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