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.
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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.