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Cheatle faced bipartisan calls to resign after the July 13 attack in which a 20-year-old gunman wounded the Republican presidential candidate at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
“It’s overdue, she should have done it at least a week ago,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, told reporters, adding: “I’m glad to see that she’s heeded the call from Republicans and Democrats.”
President Joe Biden thanked Cheatle for her nearly three decades with the Secret Service, saying she had “selflessly served and risked her life throughout her career to protect our nation.” “We all know that what happened that day must never happen again,” Biden said in a statement. Mr. Biden wished Mr. Cheatle “the best” and said he plans to appoint a new director soon.
Cheatle appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Monday and said the attack on Trump, in which he was slightly wounded in the right ear, was a failure by the Secret Service. She called it “the biggest Secret Service failure in decades.”
During the tense hearing, both Republicans and Democrats called for Cheatle’s resignation. She drew the ire of lawmakers from both parties by refusing to provide specific details about the attack, citing multiple investigations.
Mr. Cheatle worked as a Secret Service agent for 27 years in 2021. became head of security for PepsiCo in North America. in 2022 President Biden appointed her to lead the agency.
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