BREAKING: Donald Trump reacts to Secret Service Director Cheatle resigning after almost losing life

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Published 2024-07-23
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in the wake of mounting pressure following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, Fox News confirmed.

Fox News reviewed the letter Cheatle sent to the U.S. Secret Service Tuesday morning, just a day after she taking bipartisan heat during testimony before the House Oversight Committee Monday and over a week after a would-be assassin Thomas Crooks attempted to take the life of Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

"To the Men and Women of the U.S. Secret Service, The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders and financial infrastructure," Cheatle wrote in a letter to the agency. "On July 13th, we fell short on that mission."
Biden, who did not fire Cheatle in the 10 days since the shooting, said he is "grateful to Director Kim Cheatle for her decades of public service," and that he will appoint a new director soon.

"As a leader, it takes honor, courage, and incredible integrity to take full responsibility for an organization tasked with one of the most challenging jobs in public service," Biden said. "We all know what happened that day can never happen again. As we move forward, I wish Kim all the best."

Cheatle said, though, that the "incident does not define us."

"We remain an organization based on integrity and staffed by individuals of exceptional dedication and talent," she wrote, adding that the agency "will move forward with our investigatory and protective mission in a steadfast manner."

"We do not retreat from challenge," she wrote. "However, I do not want my calls for resignation to be a distraction from the great work each and every one of you do towards our vital mission."
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All Comments (21)
  • @adrianwalker2833
    Let's not forget: due to her incompetence one man died, two were seriously hurt and President Trump just escaped by the grace of God.
  • @terriegentry2785
    So glad she is gone! Congress did a great job yesterday, pointing out her failures. She had no rebuttal to anything they said. Pathetic! Praying those left to drill down, get to the truth of what happened on July 13th!!
  • @billd8324
    They should file charges against her.
  • @judydavis2208
    Resigned, she should have been fired!!! More to follow her!!!
  • @lawrenceshea1932
    Her resignation. doesn't let her off the hook, as a scape-goat for what happened to Former Pres. Trump. Only makes things now look like a real cover up. 😐
  • @SheilaSmith-z8g
    The most telling of incompetence is the SS director's failure to go to the crime scene. Where was her effort to investigate?
  • @dmxdmx9564
    she took the fall for Mayorkas's but yea she was a part of it and all the disgrace
  • @anneflynn9614
    Joe appointments Jill's best friend as director of the Secret Service. What could go wrong? Our government is truly an absolute disgrace.
  • @km4617
    She should have been Fired and lose all of benefits she would take with her. Disgrace to America & women.
  • @aaronfarley14
    The whole Secret Service needs a complete overhaul and Mayorkas who is her boss should be gone as well!!!
  • @claudiawilliams1748
    Now get the people above her that helped create this disaster and loss of life.