FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and the Secret Service are under intense scrutiny following the assassination attempt on Trump.
Secret Service director takes 'full responsibility' for stunning lapses ahead of Trump assassination attempt
"The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. On July 13th, we failed," said Cheatle, speaking in Washington under subpoena. Cheatle appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Monday to face an intense line of questioning focused on a singular theme: how an attempt on the life of a former president and current candidate happened under her watch?
"The Secret Service has a zero-fail mission, but it failed on July 13 and in the days leading up to the rally," he said during his opening statement on Monday. "The Secret Service has thousands of employees and a significant budget, but it has now become the face of incompetence."Secret Service beefs up measures after reports of alleged Iranian threat on Trump, officials say
Witnesses later saw him climbing up the side of a squat manufacturing building that was within 135 metres from the stage. He then set up his AR-style rifle and lay on the rooftop, a detonator in his pocket to set off crude explosive devices that were stashed in his car parked nearby.The attack on Trump was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.
Democrats and others have raised concerns about the lack of information to be released publicly about shooting. The Secret Service did not take part in media briefings in the hours after the shooting, as the FBI and local law enforcement officials did.
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