At Senate Hearing on the Security Failures at Former President Trump’s Rally, Klobuchar Demanded Answers from Secret Service and FBI Leaders

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"Thank you very much. Thank you to all of you for holding this hearing. I appreciate it. Acting Director Rowe, we had the classified briefing, and also today, there was taking responsibility for the agency, and your own personal emotion and reaction to your visit and what had gone wrong. For the people in my state that keep asking me, “I just don't get how he got on the roof,” I know we've gone through great details and a lot of examination — could you just give a minute on what went wrong and how you think it can be fixed? Because I think it's just going to help to dispel the conspiracy theories. There's some people that think it didn't really happen, which of course, is completely ridiculous. It did. There are some people that think all kinds of conspiracies went on within the government, which is also false, but could you just tell them what went wrong so they understand?

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"Right.

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"Yeah. I appreciate that and I have the same respect. Next, one of the things you mentioned to me, and to all of us, in this other briefing was the texting protocol. And I think a lot of us think about this in non-security settings, about how people are just texting all the time instead of talking and how it takes our eyes off, in your case, the target. Could you talk about what might have gone wrong there and how you think things could change when the hope is that their eyes are constantly on the scene and on the potential targets and risks?

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"Okay, and the next question, I'll put in writing. Thank you very much, Mr. Abbate, but it's just pointing out that we've seen this rise in threats against Members of Congress, which of course is relevant to this. [There were] 8000 just last year, more than four times [the number] over the past seven years. I'll want to ask you in writing about the steps that the Justice Department is taking to prioritize these cases. I know there's been some changes made.

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"Appreciate it. Thank you both."

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