5 highlights from House hearing with Kimberly Cheatle

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By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Monday, July 22, 2024

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The beleaguered leader of the United States Secret Service has vowed cooperation with all investigations into the agency following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. | Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle drew bipartisan criticism and calls for her resignation during a tense five-hour grilling before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Monday, nine days after former President Donald Trump narrowly avoided being assassinated.

The hearing at times grew contentious and even spilled into profanity as both Republican and Democratic members condemned Cheatle for what they perceived as a dearth of crucial information and evasive answers about what the director herself described as “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades.”

Here are five highlights from the hearing.