On "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) shared his questions for the Secret Service.
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00:00You mentioned that you have some questions for the Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheadle.
00:05She's been invited to testify before the House Oversight Committee, a committee you sit on.
00:10So if she does come testify at that hearing, what are those questions you have for her?
00:15Yeah, I would like to know what was their line of thought in allowing someone to put a ladder up on a building
00:25and carry a high-powered rifle in just literally off the street and no one stopping him?
00:30Why was that building not checked out? Why was it not blocked off?
00:34Why were there not officers in that area?
00:37Why were the officers in that area apparently not connected to what was going up on stage?
00:43When they spotted that guy on the building, somebody should have been on the radio saying,
00:48get the president off the stage.
00:51Why was there a hesitation in the sniper who was taking him out, taking out the bad guy?
00:58Did he have to get clearance from a higher up before he could pull the trigger,
01:03or did he have to wait until a shot was fired?
01:05There's a lot of questions that need to be answered.
01:08And it just showed some real incompetence at the top levels because somebody has to be responsible.
01:16But this administration has never taken responsibility for anything.
01:21It's a pass-the-buck situation, and we don't need that.
01:24We need answers, and I'm afraid we're not going to get them from this administration.
01:30Have you received any answers to these questions yet at all?
01:34Because it's been almost 48 hours since that shooting.
01:37No, and that's what's really disturbing about it.
01:40With our security capabilities, intelligence, alleged intelligence capabilities,
01:45I mean, we ought to know what the guy had for breakfast a month ago who pulled the trigger.
01:50We ought to know everything about him.
01:52We ought to have that in our hands.
01:54And yet the director of the Secret Service, to my knowledge, has not made a public statement even about it.
02:03So I think that falls on the White House and her responsibilities.