House Democrats and Republicans are working hard to determine how a gunman managed to get onto the roof of a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, with full visibility and nearly killed former President Trump, but there is speculation that little progress will be made as lawmakers are expected to begin their 12-week summer recess this weekend.
Fox News' Aisha Husney spoke with Neil Cavuto on “Your World” to discuss the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and the bipartisan effort underway in the House of Representatives to investigate the assassination attempt on President Trump.
“House Democrats and Republicans are telling me it's a good thing she's gone, that's what they wanted,” Husney said, “but they're saying it won't change anything and it's not enough, so that's why the Speaker and House Democratic leadership are basically working together to create a new task force to look into the issue themselves.”
“This committee is made up of Republicans and Democrats, and lawmakers have a lot of interest in participating in this task force to try to figure out what went wrong,” she continued. “Some of that oversight is already happening today. The chief of Pennsylvania State Police came to Congress to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee and revealed that two officers from the Butler County Emergency Services Unit were in that building, the building where the shooter was sitting, and to his knowledge, they had a clear view of where the shooter climbed onto the roof of that building, and were apparently directed to move and look for the shooter. And now lawmakers are wondering who gave those orders.”
Husney said Cheatle was scheduled to appear at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing but was unable to attend because he had resigned.
FBI Director Christopher Wray was also scheduled to attend the hearing, but will instead appear at a hearing on Wednesday.
“But I want to point out that while lawmakers want to get to the bottom of what happened, there's talk that Congress could be on summer recess for weeks, about 12 weeks, after this weekend,” Husney said. “So I don't know what will be resolved by Friday.”