By Shaueen | AZ MIRROR
WASHINGTON — As the nation reels from the attempted assassination against former President Donald J. Trump and the Secret Service comes under intense scrutiny, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday said “we are in a heightened and very dynamic threat environment.”
The former president and official 2024 GOP presidential nominee survived a shooting on Saturday that killed one person and left two others injured at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Both President Biden and former President Trump are constantly the subject of threats,” Mayorkas said during a White House press briefing in which he defended the performance of the Secret Service. Members of Congress are organizing hearings to examine whether security lapses occurred.