Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is under fire for her agency’s handling of the Trump rally in Pennsylvania that ended abruptly after an assassination attempt on the former president.
Cheatle acknowledged “mistakes and gaps” to lawmakers in a recent briefing, but so far has provided no answers into where the breakdown occurred.
As lawmakers call for Cheatle’s resignation, the FBI is providing a clearer picture of the events leading up to the shooting.
According to lawmakers briefed by federal investigators, a report identifying Thomas Matthew Crooks as a person of interest came 62 minutes before he fired the first shot. Secret Service first spotted Crooks 20 minutes before the shooting started.
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“It was a fail, and we need to start there, because no matter what else is explained, the president of the United States was shot on a Secret Service site,” former Secret Service agent Tim Miller told CBN News.
Miller believes the breakdown began with the advance team.
“That’s the most important piece, because you’re preparing the site, foot by foot, building by building, for the arrival of the
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