Congress wades into Trump shooting as Biden urges calm

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

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Anna goes over Congress' reaction to the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Plus: What's happening this week at the Republican National Convention? Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.4	Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Congress wades into the Trump shooting as Biden urges calm.
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1:05.5	All right, let's get into it this morning. With the criminal probe into the shooting of former
1:10.3	President Donald Trump just
1:11.5	starting, Congress has already begun its own investigations into the deadly incident.
1:16.5	We expect these investigations to include private briefings and a lot of public grillings.
1:22.9	The Secret Service has come under intense scrutiny for its handling of security at Trump's Saturday
1:27.7	rally, including how the shooter got within 150 yards of the former president. One person was
1:34.9	killed in the failed assassination attempt and several more injured. The shooter was also killed.
1:42.0	The House Homeland Security Committee is expected to receive a virtual briefing
1:45.6	today from the Secret Service. The panel's chair, Representative Mark Green, the Republican from Tennessee
1:51.3	spoke with the USS Director Kimberly Cheedell on Sunday. Green has requested documents about the Secret
1:58.2	Service's security plan for the rally and is planning to hold a
2:01.8	hearing as soon as next week. The House Oversight Committee also expects to have a private briefing soon.
2:08.7	Oversight Chair James Comer, the Republican from Kentucky, has been in touch with the agency and asked
2:13.8	Cheathel to testify on July 22nd. Representative Jeff Duncan is calling for an independent commission to look into the shooting.
2:22.4	Duncan spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson and Green via text on Sunday,
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