Acting Secret Service boss says he 'cannot defend' why roof in Trump rally shooting was not secured

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Trump said Monday evening that he expected that interview to take place on Thursday.
46% : But most of the questions Tuesday are expected to be directed at Rowe as lawmakers demand answers about how Crooks was able to get so close to Trump.
45% : In a Monday night interview on Fox News Channel, Trump defended the Secret Service agents who protected him from the shooting but said that someone should have been on the roof with Crooks and that there should have been better communication with local police.
38% : At her hearing last week, Cheatle said the Secret Service had "failed" in its mission to protect Trump.
37% : Senate lawmakers are grilling the officials about law enforcement lapses in the hours before the attempted assassination of Trump in the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to the shooting.
33% : Investigators believe Crooks fired eight shots in Trump's direction from an AR-style rifle after scaling the roof of a building of some 135 meters (147 yards) from where Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania.
22% : Cheatle said she apologized to Trump in a phone call after the assassination attempt.
20% : The FBI also said that Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has agreed to be interviewed by agents as a crime victim.

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