By Steve Neavling and Allan Lengel Bowing to bipartisan pressure following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday, CNN reports. The resignation came one day after Cheatle faced tough questioning at a four-hour hearing before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill. Among those calling…
A group of U.S. Senators accosted and then followed U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday, calling on her to step down or provide detailed information about Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
In the hours following the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania, right-wing media figures and conservative influencers rallied around a baseless narrative on social media, claiming that diversity initiatives and female Secret Service agents were to blame for Donald Trump’s injury.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to interview top Secret Service officials and agents.
