House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are calling for the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle days after a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would be calling for embattled Secret Service boss Kimberly Cheatle to resign her post following her agency's bungled security operation that led to the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Donald Trump is protected by the Secret Service both as a major political candidate and a former president, yet a shooter was able to fire several shots in his direction at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
More Republican lawmakers are calling for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign after she revealed to lawmakers Wednesday that the protective agency was aware of a threat to former President Donald Trump before he walked onto the stage where he was shot at Saturday's rally.
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing pressure from top Washington lawmakers to step down in the wake of Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A group of top Republicans on Capitol Hill have responded to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a Saturday afternoon campaign…