Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing questioning Monday from House Oversight Committee lawmakers about the assassination attempt against former President Trump at a rally on July 13 in Pennsylvania.
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The two ranking members of the House Committee on Oversight called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign from her post after failing to provide answers to basic questions regarding the agency’s failure to protect former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
Chairman James Comer and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Cheatle on Monday, after she testified before the committee.
“OnJuly13,2024,theUnitedStatesSecretServiceunderyourleadershipfailedtoprotectformerPresidentDonaldTrumpfromanassassinationattemptthattookthelifeofCoreyComperatoreandseriouslyinjuredatleasttwootherpeople,”theletterreads.“Today,youfailedtoprovideanswerstobasicquestionsregardingthatstunningoperationalfailureandtoreassuretheAmericanpeoplethattheSecretServicehaslearneditslessonsandbeguntocorrectitssystemicblundersandfailures.
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