The House Oversight Committee will get a virtual briefing from the Secret Service on Tuesday following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar.
In addition to the briefing, members are expecting Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear before a hearing of the committee on July 22, according to the same source. The hearing is set to fall a week after the Republican National Convention, where Trump is set to become the GOP nominee for president.
THE HOUSE WILL CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS TODAY.
The American people deserve to know the truth. We will have Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and other appropriate officials from DHS and the FBI appear for a hearing before our committees ASAP.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 14, 2024
This comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a post on X that the House will “conduct a full investigation” into the shooting after a man with a semiautomatic rifle accessed a roof that was only 140 yards from Trump’s stage.
The Secret Service is now under scrutiny for the worst security breach since the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
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In a notice sent by the Senate Notification Center late Saturday in the wake of the assassination attempt, Senate offices were told that the Capitol Police was “not tracking any additional threats to Members.” House offices received a similar notice earlier in the day.
Cami Mondeaux contributed to this report.