2 Ohio congressmen see security ‘failures’ as they prepare to investigate Trump shooting

Ohio Congressmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner serve on House Oversight Committee which is launching an investigation into assassination attempt on Trump

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing on Monday, July 22 on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Committee Chairman James Comer plans to subpoena Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify. The House’s second top Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise called on Cheatle to resign on Monday.

U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, and Mike Turner, R-Dayton, serve on the panel.

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Jim Jordan: ‘There’s one fundamental question’

During a podcast interview at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Jordan questioned why nearby buildings at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, were not secured.

“In my mind, there’s one fundamental question. There’s a finite number of buildings in that area where a bad guy could get on top of and do what happened. It’s probably not one hundred buildings, it’s probably not 10, it may be three, four, five. And one of those buildings was occupied by the good guys, right?” Jordan said.

Jordan said he would like to hear from the local police officer who reportedly climbed up to the roof of the building with the sniper just before the deadly shooting and the Secret Service counter-sniper.

Mike Turner: ‘You don’t have to be a security expert to see the failures’

Turner, who also is chair of the House Intelligence Committee, praised the Secret Service agents on the stage with Trump and told CNN there are going to be lots of questions about the shooter and his motivations.

“You don’t have to be a security expert to see the failures here,” Turner said. “The fact that the perimeter was not secure really is just astounding I think to anyone who looks at it. The fact that he was able to get off shots where he had already been identified, his position had been identified is really confusing and astounding.”

How to watch hearing on Trump assassination attempt

 The hearing will be live-streamed at oversight.house.gov. at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 22.

Erin Glynn is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.