Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) went to Butler County, Pennsylvania, on Friday in search of answers in the wake of last week’s attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump — and when he got there, he said the FBI made him leave.

Hawley, who also sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding he account for numerous apparent security failures that led up to the assassination attempt, described what happened during a Friday evening appearance on “Hannity.”

“As the Senate prepares for hearings, today I went to Butler County to see the site of the shooting myself — and FBI told me to leave. We need ANSWERS. I won’t stop pushing until we get them,” Hawley captioned a video of the exchange.

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As the Senate prepares for hearings, today I went to Butler County to see the site of the shooting myself – and FBI told me to leave. We need ANSWERS. I won’t stop pushing until we get them pic.twitter.com/rtswNlngGi

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 20, 2024

“Where are your fellow Democrats?” Hannity asked Hawley. “Their silence is deafening to me. Why aren’t they more outraged over this?”

“I don’t know. I just don’t get it at all,” Hawley replied. “I’ll tell you one thing — today,  Sean, when I went to the site, the FBI has got more security on that site now than they did the night that Trump was shot at. The FBI — totally late — and they’re trying to control the information, Sean, they tried to kick me off of the site. They said, ‘get out of here, you shouldn’t be on this site, we don’t want you here.'”

“Get this,” Hawley continued. “I’m there on the site, I had permission from the local security operator to be there, and they — the FBI — came out and said, ‘You have got to leave, we do not want you here.’ That’s what they’re trying to do, they’re trying to control it.”

The Secret Service has been in the hot seat since last Saturday, facing a number of questions beginning with how Trump’s would-be assassin was able to attain an elevated position less than 200 yards and with a direct line of sight to where the former president was speaking.