Testimony from Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday drew bipartisan condemnation from Congress as lawmakers investigate how the agency failed to p
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024.
Cheatle was faced with calls to resign from lawmakers in both parties over the security failure that allowed a gunman to climb onto a roof and open fire toward Trump from just 150 yards away. She also frequently frustrated Congress with refusals to provide specific details and dodging questions about the investigation into the attack and what went wrong that allowed it to happen.“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed,” she said.
"She had the opportunity to try to regain the trust of Congress, the American people, and to have them believe that this process was going to be effective and she failed miserably on that front. She was evasive, often defiant in her answers, and sometimes her answers suspended belief," said Mark Morgan, the former acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and assistant FBI director.
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