Secret Service Chief Resigns After Brutal Trump Assassination Hearing

Secret Service Chief Kimberly Cheatle announces her resignation after getting brutally confronted by bipartisan questioning during a congressional hearing.

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Secret Service Chief Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation after she was confronted with bipartisan questions during a congressional hearing on the Trump assassination attempt in Butler County.

Secret service chief resigns after brutal trump assassination hearing

"Committee leaders further pressured Cheatle to step down. Here’s the latest.

The leaders of the House oversight committee called on the Secret Service director, Kimberly A. Cheatle, to resign after her testimony on Monday in which she repeatedly refused to answer specific questions about the security failures that led to an assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump.

Representatives James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the committee, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the panel, joined several members of the committee in demanding Ms. Cheatle’s resignation."

Read more here: Hearing Highlights: Secret Service Chief Pummeled by Lawmakers Who Called for Her Resignation

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