She appears before House Oversight at 10 a.m. amid bipartisan calls to resign.
Secret Service Director expected to tell Congress 'we failed' in hearing on Trump assassination attemptUnited States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle looks on during a press conference at the Secret Service's Chicago Field Office in Chicago, IL, June 4 2024.The United States Secret Service Director will tell Congress on Monday the agency failed in protecting former President Donald Trump on July 13 and will take full responsibility for the lapses in security that day.
"Our mission is not political. It is literally a matter of life and death, as the tragic events on July 13th remind us. I have full confidence in the men and women of the Secret Service," she is expected to say. "They are worthy of our support in executing our protective mission." She has faced calls from multiple Republicans and at least one Democrat to resign after the former president was targeted at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Governmental Affairs Committee will press Cheatle on what went wrong, what the Secret Service knew and when they knew it.
The Butler Farm Show, site of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, is seen Monday July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. In a rare bipartisan statement, the committee's top Democrat, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, had joined Comer in demanding that Cheatle testify after the Department of Homeland Security asked that her appearance be delayed, resulting in Comer issuing a subpoena.
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