The head of the Secret Service will be grilled at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Monday over the circumstances surrounding the shooting of former President Trump.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee in a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Trump – amid intense criticism of her leadership and calls for her to step down. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Cheatle to appear last week as part of an open investigation into the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was shot in the ear, while one attendee was killed and two others injured.
The Secret Service is fully accountable for the safety of its protectees. We are committed to better understanding what happened before, during, and after the assassination attempt of former President Trump to ensure it never happens again. That includes cooperation with Congress, the FBI and other relevant investigations.
Americans demand answers from Director Kimberly Cheatle about the Secret Service’s historic security failures that led to the attempted assassination of President Trump, murder of an innocent victim, and harm to others in the crowd. We look forward to Director Cheatle’s testimony on Monday, July 22 to deliver the transparency and accountability that Americans deserve,' Comer said in response to Cheatle confirming she would testify.
Cheatle, meanwhile, has called the shooting 'unacceptable' and 'something that shouldn’t happen again.' 'The buck stops with me,' she told ABC News last week. 'I am the director of the Secret Service, and I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary.' However, in response to the intense criticism from lawmakers, the Secret Service says she does not intend to resign.
Continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down,' Guglielmi said. 'She deeply respects members of Congress and is fiercely committed to transparency in leading the Secret Service through the internal investigation and strengthening the agency through lessons learned in these important internal and external reviews.
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