US Secret Service chief touts reforms after Trump assassination attempts


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  • Friday, 06 Dec 2024

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. is sworn in during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Services security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. December 5 2024. REUTERSEvelyn Hockstein

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. is sworn in, during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service’s acting director told a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday that he has overhauled the agency's security practices after a gunman shot President-elect Donald Trump in July.

Acting Director Ronald Rowe testified to a House task force consisting of seven Republicans and six Democrats that has been investigating two failed assassination attempts on Trump during this year's presidential campaign. Things grew heated at times.

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