'Secret Service Director REFUSES to answer to the American people,' said Sen. Marsha Blackburn in a post to X on the exchange.
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle in Chicago, Illinois, in June. Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty ImagesRepublican senators were already fuming about the lack of answers following their briefing with Cheatle earlier Wednesday, a GOP aide said.
Specifically, they wanted answers on "how that shooter was able to get off a clear shot when the FBI and the Secret Service knew that there was a suspicious person an hour in advance of when the shooting occurred and they identified a potential threat," he said, in reference to
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