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Secret Service chief berated in House hearing after Trump rally shooting

Lawmakers of both parties call for resignation of Kimberly Cheatle, who admits agency ‘failed’ at ex-president’s rally

Lawmakers grilled the director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, during a contentious House hearing on Monday, where members of both parties called for her resignation in the wake of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month.

In her opening statement, Cheatle acknowledged the Secret Service had “failed” on 13 July, when a 20-year-old gunman was able to take a clear shot at the former president from a rooftop near Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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