Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over her agency's failure to protect former President Trump, calling on her to resign.
Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign on Monday. Khanna made the statement during Cheatle's testimony before the House Oversight Committee. The lawmaker grilled Cheatle over the Secret Service's failure to protect former President Trump, resulting in an shocking back-and-forth. 'Director Cheatle, would you agree that this is the most serious security lapse since President Reagan was shot in 1981?' Khanna asked.
Well, do you know what Stuart Knight did – he was in charge, at the time, of the Secret Service – do you know what he did?' Khanna asked. 'He remained on duty,' Cheatle said. 'He resigned. He resigned,' Khanna corrected. 'And Stuart Knight was not a Democratic appointee…. I'm not questioning your judgment, I just don't think this is partisan. If you have an assassination attempt on a president or a former president or a candidate, you need to resign.
Khanna is among several lawmakers who have called on Cheatle to resign. She has so far refused. Cheatle nevertheless admitted the agency 'failed' in her opening statement on Monday. The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. On July 13, we failed,' Cheatle said in her opening statement. 'As director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. We are fully cooperating with ongoing investigations. We must learn what happened, and I will move heaven and earth to ensure that an incident like July 13th does not happen again.
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