Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the agency responsible for protecting high-profile American political figures, resigned on Tuesday.
It was the most notorious operational failure of the Secret Service in decades, » admitted Kimberly Cheatle during a congressional hearing on Monday, referring to the series of errors and negligence that led to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump on July 13th, during an electoral meeting in Pennsylvania. But the director of the Secret Service, whose mission is to ensure the security of high-profile figures – presidents, vice-presidents, and their families – did not shed much light on this monumental blunder.
Instead of trying to explain how an armed man was able to get on the roof of a building located about 150 meters from the podium and fire at least seven shots that killed a spectator and injured the former president and two others, Kimberly Cheatle frustrated lawmakers by refusing to answer even the simplest questions nine days after the attack. She kept repeating that she didn’t have the answer or couldn’t reveal details of the investigation…
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