Multiple Republican senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Wednesday.
Republican senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday over the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Saturday, telling her that they owe the people and the president 'answers.' Video shows Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., confronting Cheatle in Milwaukee. Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., were also involved.
This was an assassination attempt, you owe the people answers, you owe President Trump answers,' Blackburn said. In a separate longer video, the senators can be seen questioning Cheatle. In response to their questions, she says that it isn't an appropriate place to have the discussion, but says she is happy to answer questions, before leaving the suite. It is at that point she is yelled at by the lawmakers.
Director Christopher Wray held member-wide briefings with both the House and Senate on Wednesday to discuss lawmakers’ questions and concerns. Barrasso told Fox News earlier that the meeting was a '100% cover-your-a—briefing.' Cheatle has agreed to comply with a subpoena from House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer. She has called the shooting 'unacceptable' and 'something that shouldn’t happen again.' 'The buck stops with me,' she told ABC News.
That building in particular has a sloped roof, at its highest point. And so, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. And so, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside,' she said. Her answers have so far failed to satisfy many Republican lawmakers, including Barrasso and Blackburn. 'It is appalling that the Secret Service Director refused to answer our questions. This is one of the greatest security failures in the history of the agency. She can run but she cannot hide. She is a failed leader and she needs to immediately step down from her position,' Blackburn said in a statement. Fox News' Liz Elkind and Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report.
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