Acting <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/secret-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Secret Service</a> Director Ronald Rowe Jr. is holding a 2 p.m. news briefing on the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/assassination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">assassination</a> attempt on former president <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Donald Trump.</a>

On July 13, a gunman perched on a roof shot Trump in the ear, injured two people, and killed another at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Investigations revealed many security breakdowns at the event, which led to the resignation of former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.

The Secret Service is holding a 2 p.m. news briefing to address the security breakdowns and failures that led to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.{ai:summary}<p>The city was buzzing like a bad jazz tune as Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. prepped for a 2 p.m. briefing. There were bullets flying, a dead man, and a former president with a hole in his ear—all at a campaign rally gone sideways.</p><p>Security missteps led to Cheatle's downfall, leaving Rowe to explain a mess only a hardened gumshoe could appreciate. #crime</p>

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