Secret Service Director Julia Pierson did neither herself nor her agency any favors at Tuesday’s congressional hearing. She was there to answer questions about the Sept. 19 security breach at the White House. And under appropriately rough questioning, Pierson only seemed to dig the hole deeper. Whether discussing the fence-jump by Omar Gonzalez earlier this month or the 2011 shooting of the White House by Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, Pierson’s answers can only be described as an attempt at butt-covering evasion. It was so bad that Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) said, “I wish to God you protected the White House like you’re protecting your reputation today.”
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