Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has backpedaled on a previous claim that local law enforcement was responsible for roof security where a gunman opened fire on former President Trump.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle appeared to backpedal Tuesday as her agency and local law enforcement pointed fingers over the security lapse at former President Trump's Pennsylvania rally. Cheatle said in an interview with CNN the Secret Service was 'solely responsible' for security at Trump's rally, where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to climb on top of a nearby building and fire a rifle at Trump.
At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is totally responsible for the design and implementation and the execution of the site,' Cheatle told the outlet. Previously, the Secret Service director told ABC News that local law enforcement was responsible for the AGR International Inc., building, where Crooks found a sniper's perch.
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