Secret Service Director Takes Blame for Trump Shooting: ‘We Failed’
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle shouldered the responsibility for an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, calling it “the most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades.”
Trump came within inches of losing his life after a shooter’s bullet grazed his ear while he spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania.
“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders,” Cheatle said on Monday. “On July 13, we failed. As the director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. We are fully cooperating with ongoing investigations.”