Findings in a report released this weekend by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, which concluded that the Secret Service’s failure to share threat information allowed the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump last July in Butler, Pennsylvania, did not come as “much of a surprise,” Rep. Dan Meuser told Newsmax Sunday.

“There were many, many failures that took place, failures from leadership,” the Pennsylvania Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend,” placing blame on then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

“Look, everything Mayorkas, Secretary Mayorkas, former secretary, thank God, touched was a disaster,” Meuser said, adding that then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle also comes into blame. 

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