


On Monday, former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced bipartisan calls on her to resign, and yesterday that's exactly what happened.
A House hearing featuring testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray is so far a little less contentious, but Wray has given a few answers that are only bound to lead to even more questions.
Wray did confirm the shooter's use of a drone and encrypted messaging apps and possession of "relatively crude" explosives:
Julie Kelly's full post:
Wray says drone recovered in Crooks' vehicle--don't know which one--and he flew it around the area (not stage Wray says) btw 3:50-4pm to "live stream" vicinity.
Wray says investigators recovered 3 explosive devices--two in vehicle and one at home. "Relatively crude" but could be detonated remotely.
Crooks had a transmitter with him.
Wray says Crooks used encrypted messaging apps. J
ordan says Congress wants access to those messages.
Adjourned for votes.
Here's video of the exchanges:
Wray did add "we think" to some of his responses so there isn't a lot of "we know" information on display from the FBI director at today's hearing.
As usual, Wray's comments bring up more questions:
Perhaps a member of the committee will get to that issue when the hearing resumes.
The apparent ease with which the gunman gained access to the area, specifically the roof while rally-goers attempted to point him out, demands answers.
Wray said the shooter used encrypted comms so now the other question becomes who he was communicating with.