BREAKING: Secret Service director steps down after Trump assassination attempt

According to NBC News sources, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is stepping down following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports on how Cheatle faced bipartisan calls for her to resign following the Trump rally shooting.



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[whiteprivilege]

Her "sloped roof" excuse was the dumbest thing I've ever heard...

[uklarry]

Wouldn't it be nice if we held Congress to the same standard?

[j.r.p.]

This resignation DOES NOT mean she is off the hook for being held responsible . . . PERIOD!

[TheAMW]

She should have done that from the beginning and not even gone to the hearing.

[genebandy]

She did not resign after the attempt. She resigned after the whole country saw how incompetent and arrogant she really was at the hearing on Monday.

[Pontiki]

She was absolutely disgusting!! Her arrogance was over the top! She will go down in history as one of the worst high ranking officials ever!

[ewdwsw]

Secret Service head admits she doesn’t know "how many times" agency DENIED Trump requests for more security

[Bobby_Digital]

She’s a scapegoat for her subordinates mistake. The director of Secret Service does not personally oversee every aspect of every Trump rally. There is a team of people who go in a do that work probably a team hand picked by Trump himself because trump always hires the best 😊

[btha]

This lady as the Director of SS could not answer the basic simple questions that she says she has established. She's a failure.

[MSDNC_PROPAGANDA]

Appointed by the disastrous Biden-Harris admin.

[edteller]

Coming from a Congress where over half the members want to forget about January 6, I call their whining BS.

[BudFudlacker]

The SS totally let that happen to Trump!!!

[fredh]

They saw him 20 minutes prior on the roof with a range finder. She says it’s not illegal to have a range finder. Wouldn’t a person have secret service or police go on the roof and question what he is doing up there or explain he is on private property and needs to get off. Secret service could have stopped this wayyyy before it happened.

[veronicabillups]

If his injuries didn't even require stitches, was he really shot in the ear? Interesting.

[hbrmcbshqc]

Report: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle won’t say if Thomas Crooks acted alone

[garybryson]

Mayorkas is her boss. He should also resign.

[Dingleberry]

Are you saying after her failed attempt she quit ?

[williamwatson]

I hear that Walmart is taking security applications😂

[LONEWOLF-gcdv]

If she couldn't provide sufficient protection for an EX PRESIDENT, she needed to RESIGN!

[philiprose]

Is she resigning cause trump survived?