More Republican lawmakers are calling for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign after she revealed to lawmakers Wednesday that the protective agency was aware of a threat to former President Donald Trump before he walked onto the stage where he was shot at Saturday's rally.
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a Republican National Convention security news conference on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Milwaukee. ** FILE **More Republican lawmakers are calling for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign after she revealed to lawmakers Wednesday that the protective agency was aware of a threat to former President Donald Trump before he walked onto the stage where he was shot at Saturday’s rally.
The Senate and House received separate, virtual, unclassified briefings on Wednesday as lawmakers continue to seek information about the security failures that led to the attempt on Mr. Trump’s life. The briefings on the federal investigations came after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced plans to launch a bipartisan task force to streamline committee investigations on the matter.
Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, issued a statement decrying the “cover-your-ass briefing” in which the Secret Service admitted to identifying Crooks as suspicious one hour before the shooting after spotting him with a range finder and a backpack. “What little information she gave us was at once deeply troubling and glaringly incomplete,” the Utah Republican said, calling on Ms. Cheatle to “step down immediately.”
The briefings come after multiple congressional committees launched investigations into the security failures that led to the attempt on Mr. Trump’s life. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer Kentucky Republican, and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, Tennessee Republican, who had launched separate probes, “will be intimately involved” in the task force, Mr. Johnson said.
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