The FBI and Secret Service testified before a joint Senate hearing that carried a much calmer atmosphere compared to a similar hearing held last week by the House on the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, with both agencies’ leaders conceding that it was a “failure on multiple levels.”

Despite a few heated exchanges with Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), the exchange of information between acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate and senators was conversational and filled with details, a contrast to the lackluster testimony given by former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle before the House Oversight Committee.