Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas announces independent review of Trump assassination plot

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said determination volition beryllium a bipartisan, autarkic reappraisal of the July 13 assassination effort against erstwhile President Donald Trump.

The autarkic reappraisal volition beryllium made up of 4 people: erstwhile DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano; Frances Townsend, the erstwhile Homeland Security advisor to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a erstwhile national justice and lawman lawyer wide to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, the erstwhile superintendent of Maryland State Police and erstwhile Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the State of Delaware.

Mayorkas said helium could invitation further experts to articulation the sheet successful the coming days.

The radical volition person 45 days to reappraisal the policies and procedures of the Secret Service before, during and aft the rally connected July 13.

"All Americans stock a interest astir the information of our nationalist officials," members of the autarkic reappraisal sheet said successful a associated statement. "We formed this bipartisan radical to rapidly place improvements the U.S. Secret Service tin instrumentality to heighten their work. We indispensable each enactment unneurotic to guarantee events similar July 13 bash not hap again."

Mayorkas said his section is committed to being transparent with the findings.

Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle is acceptable to attest Monday earlier the House Oversight Committee.

The Secret Service Director issued the pursuing statement:

"We are anxious to cooperate with the autarkic information reappraisal of the U.S. Secret Service's actions related to the July 13 assassination effort of erstwhile President Trump successful Butler, Pennsylvania. I look guardant to the sheet examining what happened and providing recommendations to assistance guarantee it volition ne'er hap again. The U.S. Secret Service is continuing to instrumentality steps to reappraisal our actions internally and stay committed to moving rapidly and transparently with different investigations, including those by Congress, FBI and the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. The U.S. Secret Service has a no-fail mission, and I volition instrumentality each indispensable measurement to guarantee the information and information of our protectees - and that the U.S. Secret Service emerges from this stronger."