National Security

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statements calling for U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe to resign. The Senator's call for Rowe to resign comes after an independent review panel commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report of major Secret Service failures at the Butler Rally in July where former President Trump was shot.  "The findings of the DHS review panel re: the Butler attempted assassination of Donald Trump are...

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements following a phone call he had with Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe earlier today: "I just had an extraordinary conversation with Director Rowe at the Secret Service, who called me personally to dispute a whistleblower allegation—but refuses to respond in writing. Just as he has declined to respond substantively to ANY of the whistleblowers’ allegations. "Rowe complained about whistleblowers & complained about requests...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) revealed a new troubling whistleblower allegation detailing the Secret Service's refusal to provide former President Donald Trump with the resources and manpower needed for a rally in Wisconsin—effectively forcing his campaign to cancel the event.  Addressing Director Rowe directly, Senator Hawley wrote, "At your recent press conference on September 20, you stated that former President Trump is receiving “the highest level of Secret...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe detailing new whistleblower allegations about the Secret Service's apparent failures to secure known vulnerabilities at former President Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., this past Sunday, Sept. 15. "[A]n individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location—alleges there are ‘known vulnerabilities’ in the fence line surrounding the course: places...

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today unanimously adopted U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) amendment requiring Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe to submit to HSGAC, the committee of jurisdiction, any and all information in its possession pertaining to the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) also pledged to vote on related legislation in committee next week. "Given the way...

The Hawley Report has been shared with the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump to supplement their investigation WASHINGTON --  In the wake of a second assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) unveiled a new, 22-page whistleblower report detailing the failures of the United States Secret Service in connection with the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Trump. The Hawley Report has been...