Rep. Russel Fry, R-S.C., questioned Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday about the point at which the man who ended up shooting former President Donald Trump went from being a person of suspicion to someone who was considered a potential threat.
“It’s approximately five minutes to where individuals relayed that there was [an issue] being worked at the 3 o’clock of the president,” Cheatle said. She clarified that the individual was not considered a threat at that point, but that the concern was “being worked.”
When Fry pressed her again on how long it took for the shooter to transform from suspicious to a threat, she clarified that it was actually “seconds.”
“I believe it was seconds before the gunfire started,” Cheatle said.
Fry questioned Cheatle in a House Oversight hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of Trump at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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