Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) moved Monday to force a vote on the impeachment of U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, increasing pressure on the agency’s embattled leader following the attempted assassination of her former -President Trump earlier this month.
Mace’s effort — which forces leadership to act on the resolution within two legislative days — came just over a week after the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left Trump injured, one rally attendee dead and two others seriously injured.
It also comes hours after lawmakers from both parties grilled Cheatle at an Oversight Committee hearing that left them frustrated and exasperated.
Mace confronted Cheatle directly during the hearing, telling her “you’re full of shit.”
“You are being completely dishonest,” she added.
The shooting has sparked intense scrutiny of the Secret Service — especially Cheatle — with lawmakers raising questions about security lapses at the rally and how a gunman could get so close to a former president and the current presidential candidate of a major political party.
Several lawmakers on both sides have called on her to resign, a number that grew at Monday’s hearing. Cheatle said she does not plan to leave her position.
It remains unclear how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team plan to handle the measure, which accuses Cheatle of dereliction of duty. They could hold a vote on the resolution or propose its presentation or forward it to the committee.
Asked about possible options if Cheatle doesn’t resign — including impeachment — during an interview with The Hill at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week, Johnson said, “We’re looking at all of those options right now.”
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