Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle: 'We Failed'
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Cheatle said she took "full responsibility" for the security lapse that led to an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON ― Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, acknowledged Monday that the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump represented a fundamental failure on her agency’s part.
Speaking before lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Cheatle described the July 13 shooting of Trump and attendees at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as “the most significant operational failure” at the Secret Service in decades.
“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders,” Cheatle said in an opening statement before the House oversight committee. “On July 13th, we failed.”
Cheatle said she took “full responsibility for any security lapse” by her agency, though she has rebuffed calls for her resignation from oversight chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and other Republicans.
“The Secret Service has thousands of employees and a significant budget, but it has now become the face of incompetence,” Comer said. “It is my firm belief, Director Cheatle, that you should resign.”
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