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Did The Secret Service Chief Perjure Himself After Screaming Match?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

After a screaming match<\/strong> between acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe and Texas Rep. Pat Fallon erupted at a Thursday House hearing on the attempted assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump, new details are emerging about the circumstances that sparked the outburst.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Several Secret Service sources question whether Rowe has perjured himself during the explosive exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The face-off occurred during the final meeting of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Trump when Fallon produced a photo of Rowe standing behind President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at a 9\/11 memorial event in New York City in September. Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance appeared on the right side of the photo.<\/p>\n

The congressman, a Texas Republican, pressed Rowe on why he had positioned himself behind Biden<\/strong> when normal Secret Service protocol would place the most senior member of the president\u2019s detail in that position to provide the best protection to the president. The event took place on Sept. 11, just days before the second assassination attempt against Trump at one of the president-elect\u2019s golf courses in Florida.<\/p>\n

At the time, the outcome of the election was still unknown, and Rowe was trying to prove that he could quickly rehabilitate the agency\u2019s image after the cataclysmic failures during the July 13 Butler rally that nearly led to Trump\u2019s assassination and did result in the death of Corey Comperatore, a retired local fireman.<\/p>\n

Fallon accused Rowe of endangering Biden\u2019s and Harris\u2019 lives by taking their top two agents out of position because he \u201cwanted to be visible because you were auditioning for the job.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promoted Rowe from deputy director to interim chief of the agency in the wake of the Butler rally. The previous director, Kimberly Cheatle, had resigned after disastrous testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.<\/p>\n

Rowe responded swiftly and angrily to Fallon\u2019s line of questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCongressman, what you\u2019re seeing is the [Special Agent in Charge of the Detail] out of the picture\u2019s view,\u201d Rowe said. \u201cAnd that is a day where we remember the more than 3,000 people that died on 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 was taken.<\/p>\n

Fallon quickly interjected: \u201cI\u2019m not asking you that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was there, congressman!\u201d Rowe bellowed while pointing aggressively at Fallon before accusing him of acting like a \u201cbully\u201d and politicizing 9\/11.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BREAKING: All h*ll breaks loose as USSS Director Rowe and GOP Rep Fallon get in a shouting match over assass*nation attempts on Trump.<\/p>\n

Fallon was sharing a photo of Biden with Trump at the 9\/11 commemoration to criticize Rowe.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not invoke 9\/11 for political purposes!!\u201d pic.twitter.com\/RNUfiR5A1a<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Rowe was already on edge from Fallon\u2019s pointed questioning just minutes before.<\/strong> The congressman asked Rowe whether he knew that Trump was facing a threat from a foreign actor while the Secret Service advance team was preparing for the Butler rally, a likely reference to assassination plots by Iran against Trump\u2019s life. If he did know, the congressman asked why he didn\u2019t intervene to provide a counter-surveillance unit or a full Counter Assault Team, top Secret Service security assets, in addition to the counter snipers the agency provided These additional assets, Fallon asserted, could have prevented the assassination attempt from taking place.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness to the 9\/11 memorial this year tells RealClearPolitics that Rowe\u2019s decision to take the place of the top two agents in charge of the president\u2019s and vice president\u2019s detail spurred resentment among the ranks. The source said there were toe marks placed on the ground with every attendee\u2019s name and title. Rowe\u2019s original toe mark was three rows back.<\/p>\n

Instead of simply standing where he was designated, Rowe disregarded the arrangement and placed himself behind Biden and Harris.<\/strong> The leaders of those details then had to squeeze in so they could be within arm\u2019s reach of the president and vice president if they faced any threats. The source also noted that Rowe\u2019s wife, a longtime Secret Service employee, was the photographer for the event that day and was snapping \u201ca ton of action shots of Ron standing in his place of prominence.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Thursday\u2019s testy shouting match, Fallon demanded to know whether Rowe had a gun and radio on him during the ceremony, an apparent reference to whether he was operational and equipped to respond to a threat against Biden\u2019s or Harris\u2019 lives if any arose.<\/p>\n

Rowe retorted that he did have a radio and a gun on him at the ceremony and insisted that the protective mission was not compromised by his decision to move to a more prominent position. The Secret Service press office provided a lengthy explanation of his Secret Service roles in New York City after the 9\/11 attacks but didn\u2019t respond to a follow-up question from RealClearPolitics on whether he stood by those remarks about having a gun and radio on him during the ceremony. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rank-and-file agents were incensed over Rowe\u2019s screaming match and said they doubted the acting director\u2019s testimony that he had a radio during the 9\/11 ceremony this year because he wasn\u2019t wearing an earpiece to hear the intelligence chatter on a radio. They also said top Secret Service officials usually do not wear earpieces or ballistic missile vests to ceremonies like the one on 9\/11 because they spend most of their time meeting with other officials, not monitoring radio traffic for threats.<\/p>\n

After the blow-up went viral on social media, the Secret Service provided a statement clarifying Rowe\u2019s work in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cActing Director Ronald Rowe volunteered to support the U.S. Secret Service\u2019s official response efforts in New York following 9\/11<\/strong>,\u201d Guglielmi said in a statement. \u201cHe was a part of the second response rotation, which occurred in mid-October 2001. As part of his duties, he worked to support recovery efforts at both Fresh Kills Landfill and Ground Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActing Director Rowe joined the U.S. Secret Service in 1999 and was working as a shift agent assigned to protect a visiting foreign dignitary in Washington, D.C. on the day of the 9\/11 attacks,\u201d Guglielmi added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn reference to your questions about the 9\/11 memorial, all detail personnel were present and had complete access to their protectees during the memorial,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

While most of the hearing recycled previous revelations about the agency\u2019s failures during the Butler rally, Rep. Mark Green, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, also expressed outrage in expletive-laced questions over how the agency missed such obvious security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Green said the agency\u2019s conduct during the July shooting seemed \u201clackadaisical\u201d and slammed the agents in charge of the Butler rally, whom he said showed up to the event and \u201cdidn\u2019t give a shit.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tennessee Republican who previously served as an Army doctor argued that the Secret Service has a \u201ccommand-climate\u201d problem. \u201cThere was apathy and complacency, period, and that\u2019s your mission,\u201d Green told Rowe.<\/p>\n

Rowe provided a vague response to Green\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we are reorganizing, reimagining the organization that includes making sure that we are developing leadership programs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In his opening statement, Rowe said he spent the months since the assassination items focused on implementing reforms to ensure that the failures at Butler never happen again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI have reflected extensively on the agency\u2019s substandard performance during the advance for the Butler rally,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has been my singular focus to bring much-needed reform to the Secret Service, to be an agent of change, to challenge previous assumptions \u2013 [to ensure that] the brave men and women of the Secret Service have the resources, leadership, and assets that they need to be successful in carrying out our protective mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing criticism that the agents involved in the poor planning for and execution of the Butler rally, have not been held accountable, Rowe expressed frustration with the length of time it takes to provide \u201caccountability\u201d for the failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear: There will be accountability, and that accountability is occurring,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is an extensive review that requires time to ensure due process and the pace of this process, quite frankly, it does frustrate me, but it is essential that we recognize the gravity of our failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 12\/07\/2024 – 14:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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