U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in the wake of mounting pressure following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, Fox News confirmed.
Fox News reviewed the letter Cheatle sent to the U.S. Secret Service Tuesday morning, just a day after she taking bipartisan heat during testimony before the House Oversight Committee Monday and over a week after a would-be assassin Thomas Crooks attempted to take the life of Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
“To the Men and Women of the U.S. Secret Service, The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders and financial infrastructure,” Cheatle wrote in a letter to the agency. “On July 13th, we fell short on that mission.”A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are demanding Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle step down after she delivered more questions than answers during a hearing on the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., joined “Fox & Friends” to discuss why they are calling for Cheatle’s resignation after the embattled director refused to answer a vast majority of questions before Congress during her testimony on Monday.
“Anybody that’s watched the Oversight Committee knows we don’t always agree on the Oversight Committee, but on this, it was basically unanimous,” Donalds told Lawrence Jones on Tuesday. “She needs to leave immediately. Should’ve happened yesterday, needs to happen today. The mission of the Secret Service, where they protect all former presidents and families and other key personnel and leadership.”
“This is not about just President Trump, although his life is what was put in jeopardy,” he continued. “It’s about President Obama, President Clinton, President Bush, and President Biden. This is a very serious matter. The members of Congress are not going to stop calling for her to go.”
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