The speaker of the Congress said that the Secret Service chief had failed
US Secret Service Director Julia Cheatle resigned on Wednesday, a day after she was reprimanded by the House Oversight Committee. Cheatle had refused to answer questions about the shooting of US President Donald Trump’s security detail at a rally in May, saying she wasn’t “prepared” to do so. She was accused of denying Trump team requests for additional security.
The secret service’s chief told Congress that they failed
US Secret Service Director Julia Cheatle said the agency had denied President Trump’s team requests for additional security. “As the Director of the…US Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse,” she added. Cheatle made the statement during her appearance at a congressional hearing into the July 13 shooting at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).