This simmered for the last two weeks…..
Donald Trump shooting just was too much for some to NOT have someone get fired…..
Protecting a high visibility person in outdoor areas is a unexacting effort….
Being the ‘Boss’ is tough when things go sideways..,.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned, just a day after her House testimony on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, CNBC reports.
Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls for her resignation….
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“This incident does not define us,” Cheatle told staff. “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.”
The attack, in which a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 rifle from an apparently unsecured roof at a Trump presidential campaign rally July 13, was the first against a U.S. leader on the elite protective agency’s watch in more than 40 years. Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service agent, had called the security failure unacceptable and acknowledged that “the buck stops with me.”….