The Secret Service Director is getting grilled on Capitol Hill over the assassination attempt on Donald Trump -- and she's acknowledging the Secret Service screwed the pooch.
Getty Compositeis in the middle of testifying before the House Oversight Committee -- and right from the outset, she took full responsibility for the near-death of the ex-Prez ... saying the agency failed in its duty to protect DT.Specifically, she called the incident"the most significant operational failure" at the Secret Service in decades.
Amid calls for her resignation, Cheatle vowed she'd move heaven and earth to ensure an incident like this never happened again. Despite previously pointing the finger at local law enforcement in post-shooting interviews ... Cheatle backtracked here in her testimony, voicing support for officials on the local and federal levels.
KC also said changes would be coming to the agency well before an investigation concludes about the assassination attempt. As U.S. representatives grilled Cheatle with questions, she danced around explaining why the Secret Service did not have someone stationed on the rooftop at the rally., was identified as a suspicious person before the shooting ... but noted he hadn't been labeled a"threat." Cheatle also confirmed Crooks had a rangefinder on him at the rally ... but could not share if he was ever questioned about the item.
Per KC, a rangefinder is not a prohibited item at an outdoor event ... despite its frequent use as a hunting tool.She said the attempted assassination was ultimately on her -- as she made it clear the shooter should've never been allowed to make it onto the rooftop at Trump's rally. She confirmed a review would be coming in the aftermath of the assassination attempt -- which left TrumpAs we reported ...
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