Top FBI and Secret Service officials will face questions from senators on Tuesday about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a combined hearing in front of the Senate’s Judiciary and Homeland Security committees.
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate will speak to lawmakers about the security failures that led to Trump nearly being assassinated during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month. The two are expected to be questioned about how 20-year-old Thomas Mathew Crooks was able to access a rooftop within 150 yards of Trump and fire several shots at the former president.
Abbate is also expected to give lawmakers an update on the FBI investigation into the attack, which injured Trump, two rally attendees, and killed 50-year-old Corey Comperatore.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who heads up the…
