‘My Failure': Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Steps Down After Intense Grilling| Watch Here

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Kimberly Cheatle, Director of the US Secret Service, has resigned amid criticism over security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. Leading the agency since 2022, Cheatle faced intense questioning at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Monday regarding the incident in Butler, Pennsylvania.    #KimberlyCheatle #USSecretService #DonaldTrump #TrumpAttack #DonaldTrumpAttack #Pennyslvania #Cheatle #Cheatleresign #Biden #USelections #Worldnews  #Oneindia #Oneindianews                 ~HT.178~PR.320~ED.101~GR.125~

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00:00Most of my questions are going to demand a yes or no answer.

00:03Do you understand?

00:04I do.

00:05Okay.

00:06My first question.

00:07Both sides of the aisle today have asked for your resignation.

00:10Would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter, yes or no?

00:15No thank you.

00:18Was this a colossal failure?

00:21It was a failure.

00:22Yes or no?

00:23Was it a colossal failure is the question.

00:26Yes or no?

00:27I have admitted this is a terrible question.

00:28This is a yes or no series of questions.

00:30Was this a colossal failure?

00:32Yes or no?

00:34Yes.

00:35Was this tragedy preventable?

00:37Yes or no?

00:39Yes.

00:40Has the Secret Service been transparent with this committee?

00:44Yes.

00:46Would you say the fact that we had to issue a subpoena to get you to show up today as

00:51being transparent, yes or no?

00:54I have always been eager to come and talk to the committee.

00:55Yes or no?

00:56You didn't want to answer the question.

00:57We had to issue a subpoena to get you to show up today.

01:00That is not transparent, by the way.

01:02You stated earlier Secret Service is not political.

01:05Is that correct?

01:06Yes.

01:07Okay.

01:08Would you say leaking your opening statement to Punchbowl News, Politico's playbook and

01:13Washington Post several hours before you sent it to this committee as being political, yes

01:20or no?

01:21I have no idea how my statement got out.

01:24Well, that's bullshit.

01:27So, Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record articles

01:32by Punchbowl News, Politico's playbook, Washington Post, all done at 5.24 a.m., 6.12 a.m., 6.34

01:39a.m., a solid three to four hours before this committee got your statement.

01:44Without objection to order.

01:47Okay.

01:48Is the Secret Service fully cooperating with our committee?

01:54Yes.

01:55Okay.

01:56You say you're fully cooperating with this committee.

01:58On July 15th, this committee sent you a list of demands of information that we wanted.

02:04Has the Secret Service provided this committee a complete list of all law enforcement personnel

02:09that were there that day?

02:10Have you done that?

02:11Have you provided a list to the oversight committee?

02:14Yes or no?

02:15I'll have to get back to you on that.

02:16That is a no.

02:17Have you provided all audio and video recordings in your possession to this committee as we

02:21asked on July 15th, yes or no?

02:23I would have to get back to you on that.

02:24That is a no.

02:26You're full of shit today.

02:27You're just being completely dishonest.

02:29Mr. Chairman.

02:30Mr. Chairman.

02:31Mr. Chairman.

02:32I want to.

02:33Mr. Chairman.

02:34Come on.

02:35We have to maintain decorum in this committee.

02:36Any.

02:37No matter how upset we get.

02:38Have you provided any and all memos to this committee that we've asked you on July 15th?

02:41Have you provided all memorandums within the Secret Service?

02:44I would have to get back to you on that.

02:45That is a no.

02:47You are being dishonest or lying.

02:49You're being dishonest here with this committee.

02:51These are important questions that the American people want answers to.

02:54And you're just dodging and talking around it in generalities.

02:59And we had to subpoena you to be here and you won't even answer the questions.

03:02We have asked you repeatedly to answer our questions.

03:05This isn't hard.

03:07These are not hard questions.

03:09Have you provided us all communications from the Secret Service related to that day and

03:13that rally?

03:14Have you provided this committee?

03:15We've asked for this information on July 15th.

03:17Have you provided any of this information that this committee has asked of the Secret

03:22Service?

03:24I'll have to get back to you on that.

03:25Have you even read this letter that we sent you?

03:29Did you even read this?

03:30Yes.

03:31Okay.

03:32And you have said you don't know.

03:34You have no idea.

03:35The answer is no.

03:36We haven't gotten a single document or piece of information or data from you or your agency

03:42in related to the rally that we have asked you for.

03:46So was this attempted assassination of Donald Trump a failure of training or execution or

03:55both?

03:56I think that those are answers that we need to examine.

03:59Training, execution, or both?

04:00Which one?

04:01I think those are answers.

04:02All right.

04:03How many Secret Service personnel have lost their jobs due to this colossal failure?

04:09At this time, none.

04:11How many Secret Service personnel have been required to take a refresher course on how

04:15not to let people shoot Donald Trump?

04:19Our personnel are currently operational.

04:22We are examining the facts of this investigation, and we will make the changes necessary.

04:27What time did law enforcement become aware that there was an individual on the roof with

04:31a clear line of sight to President Trump?

04:33I am still verifying timelines.

04:35Of course.

04:36Nine days in, you have no answers.

04:38How many minutes went by between the time law enforcement saw and took photos of Crooks

04:42and the shooting?

04:43How many minutes?

04:45I am still verifying timelines.

04:4657 minutes.

04:49Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back.

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