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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Lawmakers are scrambling to guarantee that the U.S. Secret Service has capable wealth and resources to support the nation’s statesmanlike candidates harmless amid repeated threats of violence.
Secret Service acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. volition clasp a quality briefing Friday updating connected their probe into the attempted assassination of erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Butler, Pennsylvania.
Days aft a gunman was arrested connected erstwhile President Donald Trump's play course, the House connected Friday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan authorities 405-0 to necessitate the bureau usage the aforesaid standards erstwhile assigning agents to large statesmanlike candidates arsenic they bash presidents and vice presidents. The bureau has told Congress that it has already boosted Trump's security, but House lawmakers privation it enactment into law.
The efforts travel aft an assassination effort connected erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine a rally successful July, and aft Secret Service agents arrested a antheral with a firearm hiding connected the play people astatine Trump’s Florida nine implicit the weekend. The fishy successful Florida seemingly besides sought to assassinate the GOP statesmanlike nominee.
