Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle resigns after shocking failures led to Trump assassination attempt
Embattled Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle has announced she will resign from her post less than two weeks after the agency’s calamitous failure at Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign …
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Embattled Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle has announced she will resign from her post less than two weeks after the agency’s calamitous failure at Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally led to him being wounded by an assassin’s bullet.
Cheatle, a 28-year veteran of the agency, faced mounting pressure to step down in recent days but insisted all along she would remain on the job. She announced her resignation in a letter to agency staffers on Tuesday morning.
At a House Oversight Committee meeting yesterday, Cheatle admitted the agency’s rally response was a “failure” but still gave her agents an “A” grade for the job they did that day.
Minutes before the news broke, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Calif.) had said he would not support impeaching Cheatle, though Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) had pushed for it a day before.
“Impeachment, as we know, is reserved for treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors,” he said. “Maladministration and utter incompetence, unfortunately, are not impeachable offenses – but there are other ways to achieve the desired end.”
Notified of her resignation mid-briefing, he joked that Cheatle “must have been watching our press conference,” calling it the “right thing.”
“Look, our reaction, the immediate reaction to her resignation is that it is overdue. She should have done this, at least a week ago,” he said.
