Secret Service director touts changes as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service 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. He also asked Rowe why so many things went wrong that day “yet nobody said anything.” Rowe said the agency used to have a culture where people felt comfortable speaking up. “We have to get back to that.” The acting director of the Secret Service had a tense moment with lawmaker Pat Fallon about a Sept. 11 event during a hearing on the assassination attempts against Donald Trump. Rep. Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican, said the agency’s conduct during the July shooting seemed almost “lackadaisical.” He said some of the issues that went wrong that day were ”really basic things.” “It speaks of an apathy or a complacency that is really unacceptable in an organization like the Secret Service,” Green said.