The chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign in a rare bipartisan joint statement on Monday, following hours of questioning the agency director.
Following six hours of testimony in which Ms. Cheatle was asked numerous questions from both Republicans and Democrats about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania earlier this month, committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said they both believe it’s time for her to step down.
In a letter to Ms. Cheatle, they said she “failed to provide answers to basic questions regarding that stunning operational failure and to reassure the American people” that the agency can move forward after the July 13 shooting that left former President Trump’s ear injured, one person dead, and two wounded….