She appears before House Oversight at 10 a.m. amid bipartisan calls to resign.
Secret service Director Kim Cheatle is set to testify before the House Oversight Committee amid scrutiny of agency after the assassination attempt
In her first hearing before Congress, Cheatle is also expected to tell the committee that she will move "heaven and earth" to ensure what occurred on July 13 will never happen again, according to the excerpts obtained by ABC News. She has faced calls from multiple Republicans and at least one Democrat to resign after the former president was targeted at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.Secret Service faces scrutiny over attempted assassination of former President Donald TrumpLawmakers on the House Oversight and Governmental Affairs Committee will press Cheatle on what went wrong, what the Secret Service knew and when they knew it.
In a rare bipartisan statement, the committee's top Democrat, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, had joined Comer in demanding that Cheatle testify after the Department of Homeland Security asked that her appearance be delayed, resulting in Comer issuing a subpoena. As the head of the agency, Cheatle said it was her responsibility to investigate what went wrong and ensure that it does not happen again.
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