During the final meeting of the House Task Force on the Assassination Attempt of Donald J. Trump, there was a split screen on Thursday — one where members touted the civility of the panel right after one lawmaker exploded at the acting Secret Service director and provided the 118th Congress with one of its most rancorous exchanges.
As members applauded the committee for the serious and bipartisan tone lawmakers had adopted in pursuing answers to the July assassination attempt — ranking Democrat Jason Crow said the hearing on Thursday was “actually one of the best hearings I’ve been a part of in my time in Congress” — the task force’s final meeting devolved into a screaming match between Rep. Pat Fallon and Ronald L. Rowe Jr., the current director of the Secret Service.
Fallon brought out a poster showing Rowe a couple rows behind Trump and Biden at the Sept. 11 Commemoration Ceremony this year, after he had been appointed acting director of the Secret Service on July 23. Fallon accused Rowe of attending the ceremony as a political stunt to gain attention, arguing that by being in such close proximity to Trump and Biden, Rowe was putting their security at risk.