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Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. is sworn in during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. is sworn in during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., chairman of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. during a hearing on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on September 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., chairman of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. during a hearing on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on September 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr., left, talks with Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., following a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr., left, talks with Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., following a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. prepares to leave as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., chairman of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, adjourns a hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. prepares to leave as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., chairman of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, adjourns a hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies during a House Task Force hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla, on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)