Senators Press for Independent Investigation of Attack; Official Defers on Personnel Decisions
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Summary
A questioner asked whether statements about an alleged terrorist incident were responsible given video evidence; Speaker 1 said he supports an independent investigation and deferred decisions about officials' jobs to the president.
Speaker 3 asked whether statements by officials about an individual characterized as a terrorist were responsible given video evidence that, according to the questioner, contradicted those statements.
Speaker 1 said he would refrain from commenting until an investigation is complete and said he supports an independent, full investigation "to get the facts out and to make sure there... is an accounting for what happened there." He added that comments have been made in advance of having the facts.
When later asked whether he still had confidence in Secretary Noem and another official named Steven, Speaker 1 replied that those people "serve at the pleasure of the president," and that the president should make determinations about members of his team.
No further actions or decisions about personnel or the investigation were recorded in the transcript.
