Somethings are obvious. Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt on July 12th at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. We are all extremely fortunate that the gunman missed his target and only hit Trump in the ear. Sadly, an innocent bystander was killed and two others were seriously injured. This could and should have been prevented. It is an inexcusable mistake, yet so far, we have heard nothing but excuses.
The Director of the Secret Service testified before congress, dodged every question, and has since resigned. The Director of the FBI testified before congress, also dodged questions, and even hinted that it wasn’t clear Trump was actually hit by a bullet. Then, yesterday, the acting Director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, testified in front of the Homeland Security Committee. Incredibly, more than two weeks after the event, neither was able to provide answers. All agree that this was unacceptable, and that it could and should have been prevented, but both gave defensive and sometimes very misleading answers. The Acting Director of the Secret Service could not even provide the name(s) of who was in charge. Seriously?
The DOJ and the FBI have a long history of getting things very wrong about Donald Trump. This included the Russia Collusion hoax. It included overt election interference regarding the cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop. Now sadly, one must question the credibility of the Secret Service. If there is one government agency that should be above reproach it is the Secret Service.
We may not know who to blame at this point, but we know who has lied to us. We know who has refused to give answers. We also know that local law enforcement personnel, assigned to assist in the security for that Trump rally, are saying things, that directly contradict answers provided by both the Secret Service and the FBI.
If this continues, the American people will lose faith in our most important institutions. In fact, one could argue that the American people already have lost faith in these institutions. We need answers, we need them now.
We cannot trust the Biden-Harris Administration. Congress must be involved. But holding committee hearings where each committee member spends five minutes trying to make political points is a waste of time. There is a solution. It has been used in the past. Set up a congressional committee and get both sides to agree on one independent and qualified person to ask the questions and demand answers. That was done during the Kavanaugh hearings and it saved the day.
This is not a Republican problem, it is not a Democratic problem, it is an American problem. All we know right now is that there was a miss. Donald Trump and America literally dodged a bullet. We’ve been warned. We desperately need “miss information” but all we are getting is misinformation. Sad.