Director: Secret Service 'Failed' Before Trump Assassination Attempt
Director: Secret Service 'Failed' Before Trump Assassination Attempt
Above: US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle leaves after testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on July 22, 2024. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
US Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday told the US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability she takes "full responsibility for any security lapse" that occurred leading up to the July 13 assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump.
She also said "we failed" and she called the shooting at Trump's outdoor campaign rally in Butler County, Penn., "the most significant operational failure" of the USSS in "decades."
