Secret Service Director Resigns: We Failed, I Take Full Responsibility!

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation on Tuesday over the attempted assassination of Trump.

Cheatle testified for hours in the Capitol building on Monday, facing questioning from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about the agency’s failure to allow the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to take place.

She said the Secret Service failed on July 13, the day that nearly took Trump’s life.

She added: “As director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security failures at our agency.”

She continued: “We must learn from what happened, and I will work hard to ensure that an incident like July 13 never happens again. Our agents, officers, and support personnel know that we are expected every day to sacrifice our lives to carry out a mission that never fails.”

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, called on Cheatle to resign, along with other Republican lawmakers.

Democrats have also called for her resignation, including Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, who said, “If there is an assassination attempt on a president, a former president, or a candidate, you should resign.”