Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Monday to face questions about the security failures that allowed a gunman to open fire on former President Trump at a rally about a year ago. week.
Cheatle is facing calls to resign or be fired, largely from Republicans, but has so far said she will stay where she is. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) published a joint letter last week urging Cheatle to appear “without delay.”
“Americans have many serious questions about the historic security failures that occurred at the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,” they wrote.
While many questions remain about the shooting and the Secret Service’s actions that day, a series of revelations over the past week have increased pressure on Cheatle ahead of today’s hearing.
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