Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris says he 'cannot agree' with Secret Service claims that a 'sloped roof' in Butler posed a problem.
Pennsylvania State Police shut down concerns by now-resigned Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle that the 'sloped roof' the shooter used to nearly assassinate former President Trump was too unsafe for law enforcement officers. Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris made the statement during his testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday.
Lawmakers questioned Paris about all aspects of security at the Butler rally. While he offered more details than Cheatle gave during her Monday hearing, he too was limited by the FBI's ongoing investigation into the incident. He was joined in testimony by Patrick Yoes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. Yoes offered expert testimony in leading police and running security. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., filmed himself on Monday climbing the roof where Thomas Matthew Crooks fired on Trump. 'And so what really bothers me, and the reason I got up on the roof – I'm 70 – was for the director to say, ‘Well, the steepness of the roof won't allow Secret Service agents to be up there.
could run around on that roof all day long,' Giminez added.
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