Secret Service director says she will not resign after attempted Trump assassination

Source: The Hill

07/15/24 7:41 PM ET


Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said she will not be stepping down from her role in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Trump.

Cheatle has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent days after a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally on Saturday, grazing the former president’s ear, killing a rally attendee and injuring two others. The Secret Service has faced scrutiny over the incident as questions swirl over how the gunman was able to get close enough to take a shot at Trump during the rally in Butler, Pa.

Some critics and lawmakers have suggested that Cheatle should resign or be fired over the shooting. ABC’s Pierre Thomas noted that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he has “100 percent” confidence in the Secret Service following the shooting.

“I appreciate the secretary’s comments. And we are going to continue to be transparent and communicate with people,” she responded. When asked if she plans to step down following the incident, she said she does not. “I do plan to stay on,” she told Thomas in the interview that aired Monday on ABC News’s “World News Tonight.”

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