Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle has refused to resign on the heels of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally.
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told a House panel that"we failed" to maintain the agency's"solemn mission to protect our nation's leaders" during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.
Cheatle has refused to resign despite criticism over the Secret Service's failure to secure a building rooftop overlooking the site of Trump's campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania. The gunman Thomas Crooks used that roof as a sniper position to shoot at the Republican presidential nominee and audience members.
Cheatle has refused to resign despite facing blistering criticism over the Secret Service's failure to secure a building rooftop overlooking the site of Trump's campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, which 20-year-old gunman"I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family of Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief and a hero, who was killed in this senseless shooting," Cheatle said.
"As an agency, we are fully cooperating with the FBI's investigation, the oversight you have initiated here, and conducting our own internal mission assurance review at my direction. Likewise, we will cooperate with the pending external review and the DHS Office of the Inspector General."
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