US House hearing with Secret Service descends into screaming match

Republican representative accuses agency's acting director at hearing over response to Trump assassination attempts

A hearing examining the Secret Service's response to the assassination attempts against Donald Trump went off the rails on Thursday, when a screaming match broke out between the agency's acting director, Ronald Rowe, and a Republican representative.

The hearing, hosted by the House taskforce established shortly after the first assassination attempt against Trump in July, was meant to explore the steps that the Secret Service has taken to improve security measures of protectees, but Pat Fallon, a Republican of Texas, took the questioning of Rowe in a different direction.