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Secret Service director says agency 'failed' in its mission to protect Trump

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to tell lawmakers on Monday that the agency “failed” to protect the president after former President Trump was injured during a campaign rally earlier this month. “The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed to fulfill that mission. As Director […]

Comer to urge Secret Service director to resign at Oversight hearing

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will call for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign when she appears before his committee on Monday for a hearing on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Comer will say, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks obtained by the Washington Examiner, that it is his “firm belief” that Cheatle should […]

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle reacts to independent review of Trump assassination plot

Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, has voiced support for an independent security investigation into a plot last week to assassinate former President Donald Trump. “We look forward to cooperating with the independent security investigation into the U.S. Secret Service’s actions in connection with the attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler […]

Democratic rep calls for Secret Service director to resign after Trump rally shooting

Rep. Brendan Boyle (Democrat, Pennsylvania) has called for the resignation of US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Boyle is the first member of Congress to do so. “In light of the shooting of a presidential candidate in western Pennsylvania last weekend, I call on […]

Briefing with Secret Service Director ‘Did Not Go Well’ — ‘She Was Not Well-Prepared’

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) appeared on FNC’s “Your World” and called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear publicly before the Senate Homeland Security Committee in response to the assassination attempt on former President Joe Biden. The Missouri Republican slammed Cheatle, saying he was “not adequately prepared” to answer questions during a “behind the […]

Georgia man accused of threatening FBI director Christopher Wray

A Georgia man has been charged under federal charges for threatening to harm FBI Director Christopher Wray and others, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Georgia announced. He said on Thursday. John Woodberry, 34, of Roswell, Georgia, was identified as the man who posted online on June 7 threatening violence against Ray. In a message on […]