The director of the U.S. Secret Service: Resignation
The director of the U.S. Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, submitted her resignation after doubts about the attack against Donald Trump.
In this regard, the director of the U.S. Secret Service is in the middle of the scrutiny of the security failures related to the recent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
It bears repeating that the U.S. Secret Service director resigned as lawmakers and an internal government watchdog move forward with investigations into the agency’s handling of Trump’s protection and how a gunman nearly killed the virtual 2024 Republican presidential nominee at a rally in Pennsylvania this month.
Cheatle said in his resignation letter that he made the “difficult” decision to leave the agency “with great regret” and that he does not want his departure to distract agents from their mission.
In a statement, President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden are “grateful” for Cheatle’s decades of public service and will name a new director “soon.”
There have been bipartisan calls in Congress for Cheatle’s resignation and a push by Republican lawmakers to impeach her.
Lawmakers were particularly outraged after her appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, where she was unwilling to answer many of the committee’s questions.
During her appearance on the House Oversight, Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” and “colossal” problems with security at the demonstration, but still rejected demands for her resignation.
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The director of the U.S. Secret Service: Resignation
The resignation of the director of the U.S. Secret Service has left many grays unexplained in recent days.
“I believe I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time,” Cheatle said Monday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that the resignation was “overdue.”
In the wake of the shooting, Cheatle was emphatic that he would not resign. Cheatle was nominated by Biden to head the Secret Service in 2022.
As more became known about the circumstances surrounding the attempted attack on Donald Trump, the Secret Service was questioned about how it protected Trump that day, including the failure to control access to the rooftop and how the agency handled information relayed by local media.
Authorities prior to the shooting, who identified the would-be shooter as a person acting suspiciously at the rally site.
The Secret Service and Pennsylvania law enforcement, which assisted in security efforts at the rally, have at times disagreed in their accounts of what happened and who was responsible for the mistakes.
Cheatle had left her job as director of Global Security at PepsiCo to take the position of USSS director.
