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US Secret Service director resigns after Trump assassination bid
FRANCE 24 English
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7/24/2024
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You think you are the best person in the country to head the Secret Service?
00:06
I think that I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time.
00:09
Within 24 hours from that statement,
00:12
Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheetle resigned from the agency.
00:16
In an email to staff, acquired by the Associated Press, she said...
00:22
I take full responsibility for the security lapse. In light of recent events,
00:27
it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.
00:33
Cheetle had been under soaring pressure from both the Republicans and Democrats to step down,
00:38
following a contentious congressional hearing Monday where she evaded questions on the security
00:43
collapse that allowed a gunman to scale a roof at the campaign rally in Butler,
00:48
Pennsylvania and get close enough to open fire at Donald Trump.
00:52
With the Democratic National Convention coming up,
00:55
many believe the stakes are too high for the top security agency to not be at the top of its game.
01:00
The immediate reaction to her resignation is that it is overdue.
01:03
She should have done this at least a week ago. Now we have to pick up the pieces. We have to
01:08
rebuild the American people's faith and trust in the Secret Service as an agency. It has an
01:13
incredibly important responsibility in protecting presidents, former presidents and other officials
01:19
in the executive branch and we've got a lot of work to do.
01:23
In a statement, President Joe Biden thanked Cheetle for her decades of public service
01:27
and said he would appoint a new director soon.
01:30
A full report on the ongoing internal investigation
01:33
into the assassination attempt will be released in two months.
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