Acting Secret Service director confesses during heated Capitol Hill hearing [VIDEOS]

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, Jr. recognized in the Senate on Tuesday that the recent assassination attempt against former President Trump was considered a “Secret Service failure,” with the blame resting solely on their shoulders rather than local law enforcement.

NEW: Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe is surprised that there are people who “really want to hurt” USSS proteges.

The person who is currently in charge of protecting the most hated people in the world is surprised that people want to hurt them.

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During the hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees, Rowe, along with FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, revealed the failure of a drone detection system that did not go online before the malicious actions of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks at the demonstration.

🚨 Acting Secret Service Director Rowe just said he has “NO EXPLANATION” why the sc**ter's drone worked, while his own drones wouldn't due to “connectivity issues “.

Also, he says they had NO active counter-drone systems.

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A technical malfunction related to the public mobile phone service caused the delay in the activation of the drone system, which only became operational at 17:20 instead of the scheduled start time of 15:00 .

Lawmakers expressed concern about the lack of security coverage where Crooks opened fire on Trump, prompting Rowe to express bewilderment at how such critical oversight occurred.

Rowe mentioned that a local sniper team was supposed to be in place with a direct line of sight to the roof, but had mysteriously abandoned the position.

Wow…

New SS director Ronald Rowe shows the line from where the Counter-Snipers were posted – they were directly behind Crooks

• says the windows behind where Crooks was shooting had to be covered by local Counter-Sniper teams
—— “Why was the aggressor not seen?”… pic.twitter.com/Hj3FGJqBcg

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Despite ongoing investigations, the reason for the team's absence is unknown.

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Rowe about the absence of any disciplinary action against Secret Service agents in connection with the shooting, but Rowe informed him that decisions would be made after the investigation is complete.

Senator Josh Hawley speaks to Acting Director SS Rowe: “I'm trying to find someone to be accountable here… Let's fire someone!”

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This got hot, real quick.

Rowe is involved in a hearing full of red tape, and Hawley has had enough. The senator goes on a litany… pic.twitter.com/Q0maExyKMo

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