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Does the Secret Service need to protect 36 people?

Testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle noted that her agency maintains full-time protective details for 36 people. That’s a large number. But the Secret Service also protects visiting heads of state, their spouses, and certain VIPs visiting the United States. The president can also issue an executive order […]

Dem. Ro Khanna Calls On Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to Resign

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., joined many Republicans in calling for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign during a congressional hearing on Monday. “I don’t think this is a partisan thing. When there is an assassination attempt on a president, a former president or a candidate, he needs to resign,” Khanna said. Khanna compared Cheatle’s […]

Democrats push for gun control during House Oversight hearing on Secret Service director

Some House Democrats used their time during Monday’s House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to push for gun control measures in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The would-be assassin used an AR-type rifle and fired eight shots at Trump, including one bullet that […]

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 […]

Janet Napolitano joining review of Secret Service response to Trump shooting

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday appointed one of his predecessors, Janet Napolitano, to serve on a bipartisan panel of experts conducting a 45-day independent investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The committee will also include two national security officials from the administration of former President George W. Bush, former Homeland […]