By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the U.S. Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting President Donald Trump while he makes history Sunday as the first sitting U.S. president to attend the Super Bowl.
The Secret Service falls under the purview of the Department of Homeland Security. Asked if she’d had sufficient time to get into the department and investigate the lapses leading up to the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Noem told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream that DHS was “moving in the right direction,” while stressing that hundreds of other DHS personnel outside Secret Service alone would be deployed during the game.
“And I’m proud of Secret Service and all the work that they do every day. They make incredible sacrifices to keep people safe, and on the investigative side, have a lot of that training as well,” Noem said. “But for this event, we’ve deployed many other assets as well. We’re obviously working with the local authorities, with the governor and with his agencies that he has that he’s detailed to this.”