The new acting director of the Secret Service will testify before Congress on Tuesday alongside a senior FBI official about the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate will appear at a joint hearing before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees. It is the first time a member of the Secret Service will appear before Congress since former chief Kimberly Cheatle resigned earlier this month.
The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for Rowe's prepared remarks to the committees.
Rowe has taken over the Secret Service as elected officials and the public grow increasingly wary of the agency following the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
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The new acting director of the Secret Service (pictured) will testify before Congress on Tuesday alongside a senior FBI official about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rowe is now responsible for leading more than 7,800 special agents, uniformed division officers and law enforcement warrant officers, as well as administrative and technical staff.
Prior to joining the Secret Service, Rowe was a member of the West Palm Beach Police Department. in FloridaWest Palm Beach Deputy Police Chief Tony Spatara he told CBS 12 that Rowe is “very smart” and “well-rounded.”
“Knowing him personally, I'm very proud that he has achieved his goal and more so in the Secret Service,” Spatara said. “Ron is a very intelligent, multi-faceted person with a wealth of experience.”
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Matthew Crooks exits an office building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Monday, July 29, 2024. Matthew Crooks is the father of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks. (DWS for Fox News Digital)
Tuesday's hearing comes after the FBI released new details about its investigation into suspected presidential assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. The FBI told reporters Monday that Crooks had a “long-standing interest in science” and “experiments,” and that as a result, his family was “not concerned” about the large number of packages he was receiving at his home.
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“The shooter had a long-standing interest in science and things like that and had been doing experiments and things like that over a period of time,” said Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI. Pittsburgh Field Office. “For this reason, [his family] I wasn't worried that [the packages] “They were focused on committing an attack of this nature to harm other people.”
Thieves, 20 years old, Made 25 weapons-related purchases online between spring 2023 and the first half of this year, and purchased materials used to make explosives six times, all under aliases, according to the agency.
A map detailing locations of interest related to the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump by Thomas Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (Provided by Senator Chuck Grassley)
President Biden is now tasked with naming a permanent Secret Service chief. Biden wrote in a statement that he plans to make his decision “soon.”
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“The independent investigation to get to the bottom of what happened on July 13 continues, and I look forward to evaluating its findings. We all know that what happened that day cannot happen again,” Biden wrote. “As we move forward, I wish Kim all the best and plan to name a new director soon.”
Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Christina Coulter contributed to this report.
