From Pennsylvania to Capitol Hill, a push for answers on Secret Service lapse

Security lapses that enabled the July 13 shooting of former President Donald Trump are raising larger questions about Secret Service protection during a turbulent election year .

On Monday , Congress held its first hearing to try to piece together how a lone shooter got so close to assassinating a former president.

The shooter positioned himself on an unpatrolled roof within easy rifle range of the stage where Mr. Trump would appear.

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Local officials say they told the Secret Service they didn't have the staffing to cover that rooftop.

The shooter surveyed the area with a drone hours before the event, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Mr. Trump received only three Secret Service “post-standers” agents assigned to specific posts at a venue.

Bystanders shouted to law enforcement approximately two minutes before the shooting that there was a man with a gun crawling atop an unpatrolled roof within easy rifle range.