The homeland security secretary, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, on Sunday announced the members of a panel to conduct an independent review into security failures after a gunman was able to wound former President Donald J. Trump last weekend at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
The Secret Service, which answers to Mr. Mayorkas, is facing criticism for its decisions in planning security for the event, and Republican leaders have called for the agency’s director, Kimberly A. Cheatle, to resign.
Mr. Mayorkas’s announcement on Sunday promised that the panel would get to the bottom of what went wrong and what changes the Secret Service should make to protect the country’s leaders.
The panel — described by Mr. Mayorkas as bipartisan — that will be conducting the 45-day review will be made up of Janet Napolitano, a former homeland security secretary; Frances Townsend, a former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and a deputy attorney general under Mr. Bush; and David Mitchell, a former secretary of the Delaware Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Mr. Mayorkas said he could invite additional experts to join the panel in the coming days.
Persons:
Alejandro N, Donald J, Kimberly A, ” Mr, Mayorkas, Janet Napolitano, Frances Townsend, George W . Bush, Mark Filip, Bush, David Mitchell
Organizations:
Sunday, Trump, Republican, Delaware Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security
Locations:
Butler, Pa