Kimberly Cheatle appeared before the House of Representatives yesterday where she admitted that the attempted assassination of Trump was the agency’s “biggest operational failure” “in decades.” The Republican candidate was quick to point the finger at Biden and Harris and denounced that they “inadequately protected.”
The current director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, has resigned after admitting errors in the security of the rally in Butler (Pennsylvania) where former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) suffered an assassination attempt.
Yesterday, Cheatle appeared before a House committee and said that the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was the agency’s “biggest operational failure in decades.” Cheatle took “full responsibility” for his agency’s lapse in “security” and said he was cooperating with ongoing investigations into the attack.
The republican opposition there was Cheatle’s resignation requestedwho heads the agency in charge of Trump’s security. During the hearing, Republicans protested Cheatle’s refusal to answer most of their questions, arguing that there are several ongoing investigations that the Secret Service is collaborating with to clarify what went wrong in the operation.
After the resignation, the own Trump has said that the government of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, did not “adequately protect” him“I was forced to take a bullet for democracy. IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!” Trump said in a message shared on his social network, Truth Social.
Trump was shot in the ear while attending a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooter had climbed onto a roof about 140 metres from the former president, although outside the security perimeter.
Source: Eitb
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