thank you Senator asof Senator Lee why was President Trump allowed to take the stage at 602m exactly 17 minutes after multiple suspicious person reports were provided uh complete with photos and information suggesting that the as salant had a rangefinder something that ordinary people don't use uh in this kind of circumstance Senator again it was suspicion not weapon or there was never communication of that there is an individual with a gun or threat or other bad intentions how many suspicious person reports did you receive that day uh I'll get back to on the exact number but there were other individuals that came to the attention of law enforcement that day would President Biden ever be allowed on stage under similar circumstances with an unresolved set of multiple suspicious person reports provided including indicating that there was a rangefinder involved Senator I can tell you that a suspicious person on the Outer Perimeter with local law enforce attempting to locate um is would happen um but I would need more information as far as whether or not we would allow the president to go on or off again for for us it comes down to weapon uh uh a Potential Threat uh is the individual carrying an IED is there a weapon is there some other factor that now ramps up our attention to let's let's hold off on this if there were eight shell casings found next to the asalan body but he was neutralized after the first shot where did those other shots come from where do the other shots go as far as the asants shooting yes so did the asant get out eight shots or were those shell casings left from the day before what where did they come from the shooter uh Center We Believe fired eight rounds uh we had the shooting reconstruction team go out there for a period of days and collect all that so we have bullet holes bullet fragmentation all taken back and they're were still putting together the um trajectory and ballistic analysis that we do have fragments of the bullets and bullets have been collected in the distance from the shooters weap gotcha gotcha it's my understanding there was a sniper team assigned to a window with complete Overlook complete view of the roof the same rooftop uh sloped rooftop where the shots were fired it's also my understanding uh According to some uh whistleblower accounts that that post was abandoned what can you tell me about that why was it abandoned so I saw that from uh the Colonel's testimony sir and it's something that I've asked and our mission Assurance is getting to the bottom of and there were two two man counter sniper teams from the locals that were in that AGR building and so at some point they just left that I I I can I don't have an answer for you on that Center but it seems to me that if even one of them left there should have been remaining some additional eyes left in that building y that seems like something that maybe should be one of the very first questions you address I'm actually surprised that you don't know that already and I I'd ask that you submit to us in writing what you learn as soon as you learn it will you commit to that yes sir what can you tell me uh about well let me let me just State this this way multiple requests were made by Trump's protective detail and by Trump's campaign team to the secret service for additional resources I'm told that those were denied and as I recall the Secret Service spokesperson initially denied that such requests were made and denied why not tell the truth from the outset what were they trying to do there so Senator I don't think there was any intention to Mis to mislead uh seems like a pretty material fact doesn't it I I I saw that report go ahead s will you commit to me that you will submit to us in writing uh what requests were made by whom uh and to whom and when they were denied I will sir okay um look at the end of the day we we're looking at a situation in which um at a minimum people knew that this guy had a gun at least two minutes before the shooting happened I want to know what you can tell me about what happened during that final two-minute period where a whole bunch of people in the crowd saw and were shouting he's got a gun during that two-minute period perhaps at the beginning of it the local police started to climb the rooftop and there was at least 30 seconds after which local police were able to personally observe the shooter with a gun had the gun pointed at him what happened during that time period and why on Earth was President Trump not removed from the stage at that moment so again Senator uh the reason why Senator Trump uh president Trump was not removed uh was again we did not have anything more than locals working an issue at the 3:00 wasn't determined as to whether or not it was the same individual or not and there was no report of the same individual as what the same suspicious individual right but we we've left the category of suspicious individual at that point you've got a guy with a gun on a rooftop 136 yards away from the stage you know that he's got a gun at that point what happened during that time period that did not result in president Trump his protective detail being notified of that and him immediately being removed from the situation Senator what I will say and then I'll I'll uh turn it over to deputy director oate no information regarding a weapon on the roof was ever pass to our Personnel H how is that even possible do you want to comment to that Senator again I believe that information um and this is probably something my colleague can can expound on uh information that was in law enforcement local law enforcement ch channels but did not cross over and make it to Secret Service awareness Senator just to clarify the timeline so um the individual was first seen by law enforcement on the roof at about 6:08 we're still working to perfect the timeline based on the radio coms and all that it wasn't until um at s 61103 seconds the officer saw him and called out his arm that was the first sighting where he had the rifle on the roof and then he and that was relayed to the Secret Service Command Center at that my understanding is no secret service it was not relayed uh to them it's a narrower time frame though it's probably about maybe up to half a minute between the time he's seen with the rifle and when the shots are fired but there's still time at that point if there were an open channel of communication in which they were able to tell him he's got a gun take him out you could still take president Trump off the stage could have him duck you could have the shooter neutralized do you do you not have a Channel of communication by which they can say gun take him out so again Senator that information stayed in stay and local channels and did not make it over to Secret Service they not consider that relevant you're saying that the state you're saying that the local police didn't consider that relevant enough to pass along to the secret service sir I think that that they were in the midst of dealing with a very critical situation and they articulated that over the radio as I understand it however it was never relayed over to us thank you Senator Lee Senator hly thank you Mr chairman director Ro can you put your first post