The U.S. Secret Service is set to brief the GOP Oversight Committee following an assassination attempt on President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced the news on social media, stating that the committee had been informed of the incident and would hold an emergency hearing as soon as possible.
Secret Service has responded to GOP Oversight and will be briefing us ASAP. We have also notified Secret Service that we will be holding an emergency hearing ASAP to uncover what transpired at President Trump’s rally. The Secret Service Director is being called to testify. Date will be announced soon.
Secret Service has responded to @GOPoversight and will be briefing us ASAP. We have also notified Secret Service that we will be holding an emergency hearing ASAP to uncover what transpired at President Trump’s rally. The Secret Service Director is being called to testify. Date…
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) July 14, 2024
Oversight Chairman, Rep. James Comer, announced that he has already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear before the committee.
I have already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and am also calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear for a hearing. The Oversight Committee will send a formal invitation soon.
My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the assassination attempt at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. I thank the brave Secret Service members who put their lives at risk to protect President Trump and for the American patriots in the audience who helped others who were hurt. Political violence in all forms is unamerican and unacceptable. There are many questions and Americans demand answers.
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— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) July 14, 2024
I have already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and am also calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear for a hearing. The Oversight Committee will send a formal invitation soon.
My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the…
The Oversight Committee echoed these sentiments in their announcement:
Rep. James Comer has invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify at a hearing on Monday, July 22. Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump.
🚨BREAKING🚨@RepJamesComer has invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify at a hearing on Monday, July 22.
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 14, 2024
Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump. pic.twitter.com/zKia2oIxCf
Breaking Digest previously reported that video footage and photos from the rally clearly show two Secret Service counter sniper agents standing watch on the rooftop directly adjacent to where the shooter fired from.
Additionally, an eyewitness claims that several people saw the shooter crawling on the roof of a nearby building before Trump was shot. The individual was reportedly armed with a rifle.
Witnesses alerted the Secret Service, but no action was taken until after the shooting started.
Many social media users are calling for the Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign immediately and be thoroughly investigated.
This is Kimberly Cheatle, the Director of Secret Service.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 14, 2024
She needs to resign immediately and be investigated.
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN pic.twitter.com/qatgoAD00c
There’s zero room for incompetence in the Secret Services and there was failure on multiple fronts.
— BRIAN FRASER (@bfraser747) July 14, 2024
The buck stops with Kimberly A. Cheatle is the 27th Director of the U.S. Secret Service, sworn in to office on September 19, 2022.
She should resign immediately and be… pic.twitter.com/ApGsiaCsHt
This is Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 14, 2024
Her prior job was working at Pepsi
No I’m not kidding
Investigate this disgrace pic.twitter.com/aPcwVCxDGb
