The second assassination attempt on Donald Trump sparked calls from President Joe Biden and lawmakers to bolster the Secret Service protection for the former president with either more resources, strategic changes or more agency oversight.
Senators on the appropriations panel that oversees the Secret Service funding, in the wake of the first attempt in July, already had asked for information about whether the agency needed more money to protect candidates in the 2024 election.
Biden suggested the agency needed more resources Monday morning, when the suspect in Sunday’s attempted assassination made a court appearance in Florida on two firearm charges.
