BREAKING: Embattled Secret Service Director Cheatle Resigns
Following Monday’s contentious congressional hearing where Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted that the failed assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump was “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades,” Cheatle turned in her resignation this morning.
“I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in an email to staff. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”
Cheatle also said in the letter to Secret Service employees that the agency had failed in its mission on the day when the would-be assassin managed to shoot Trump in the ear.