Who is Ronald Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service?

(NewsNation) — A radical of lawmakers investigating the shooting astatine a July run rally for Donald Trump want a briefing with the acting manager of the Secret Service pursuing a 2nd effort connected the erstwhile president's beingness implicit the weekend.

Ronald Rowe was named acting manager of the bureau aft the resignation of erstwhile Director Kimberly Cheatle amid bipartisan calls for her to measurement down aft the archetypal assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania.

"I admit his willingness to pb the Secret Service astatine this incredibly challenging moment, arsenic the bureau works to get to the bottommost of precisely what happened connected July 13 and cooperate with ongoing investigations and Congressional oversight," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said successful a connection erstwhile helium announced the appointment. "At the aforesaid time, the Secret Service indispensable efficaciously transportation connected its expansive ngo that includes providing 24/7 extortion for nationalist leaders and visiting dignitaries and securing events of nationalist value successful this dynamic and heightened menace environment."

Who is Ronald Rowe?

Rowe had served arsenic lawman manager of the Secret Service since April 2023, wherever helium had nonstop oversight implicit the agency's investigative and protective operations, according to his authoritative biography. He besides "guided the agency’s policies and was liable for introducing state-of-the-art technologies to heighten the agency’s protective countermeasures."

Before becoming lawman director, Rowe was the Secret Service's adjunct manager for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs. In that role, helium was liable for starring the Secret Service's engagement with Congress and different governmental partners.

Other roles he'd held during his 25-year vocation with the Secret Service see main of unit to the director; the lawman adjunct manager for the Office of Protective Operations; and lawman adjunct manager for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs.

Prior to moving astatine the Secret Service, Rowe was a constabulary serviceman successful West Palm Beach, Florida. In 1994, helium graduated from the University of Maryland successful College Park, Maryland, with a bachelor's grade successful criminology and transgression justice. Rowe obtained a master's grade from Lynn University successful Boca Raton, Florida.

Fallout from Trump assassination attempts

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told NewsNation that Rowe would beryllium successful West Palm Beach connected Monday for briefings with Secret Service teams and meetings with national instrumentality enforcement partners.

This comes a time aft a man, identified by constabulary as Ryan Wesley Routh, allegedly pushed the muzzle of an AK-style firearm done the obstruction perimeter of the play people adjacent wherever Trump was playing a circular of golf. A Secret Service cause who saw the firearm opened occurrence Routh, who fled the scene.

Authorities said aft the incidental that Trump was safe, and national authorities are present investigating. Rowe is scheduled to bash a walkthrough of the play people Monday afternoon.

The Secret Service has been nether aggravated scrutiny since the July assassination attempt. Lawmakers progressive successful the legislature task unit investigating it person said determination were large failures successful information readying and connection during the July shooting. Last week, the task unit met with Rowe down closed doors, and now, pursuing the 2nd assassination attempt, they are hoping to perceive from him again.

“We’re going to person to find a mode to get much bodies retired determination who are trained and capable and susceptible of doing this benignant of enactment successful a mode that the United States tin trust connected and meets the precocious standards of what we expect from the Secret Service,” Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., said. “We cognize we tin person different time similar that. The United States has to conscionable a higher standard. The Secret Service has to conscionable a higher standard. Our ideology demands that, and this task unit is going to enactment to marque definite that we get that.”