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  • Acting Secret Service director says he's 'ashamed' after the Trump assassination attempt

    ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI|Jul 31, 2024

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service's acting director told lawmakers Tuesday that he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured and said it was regrettable that local law enforcement had not alerted his agency before the shooting that an armed subject had been spotted on a nearby roof. Ronald Rowe Jr. also testified that he recently visited the shooting site and lied down on the roof of the building where shots were fired in order to evaluate the g...

  • AP sources: Trump aide Stephen Miller speaks to 1/6 panel

    ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI|Apr 15, 2022

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, was questioned for hours Thursday by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. Miller was a senior adviser for policy during the Trump administration and a central figure in many of the Republican's decisions. He had resisted previous efforts by the committee, filing a lawsuit last month seeking to quash a subpoena for his phone records. Miller was interviewed virtually for about eight hours, according to a person familiar w...