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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
US Secret Service director resigns following Trump assassination attempt debacle
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle attends a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
The director of the US Secret Service is stepping down from her job following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump that unleashed an intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.
Kimberly Cheatle has served as Secret Service director since August 2022.
Cheatle announces her departure in an email she has sent to staff. Cheatle has been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee at an outdoor campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
