U.S. Secret Service Director Apologizes for 'Failure' at Trump's Rally
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says her agency failed to protect former U.S. President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt on July 13. She has refused to resign, despite bipartisan calls for her to do so.
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00:00The head of the U.S. Secret Service says her agency failed to properly protect former President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt.
00:09The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13th is the most significant operational failure
00:16of the Secret Service in decades, and I am keeping him and his family in my thoughts.
00:23Kimberly Cheadle was reporting to Congress on the shooting.
00:26The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed after firing at Trump, injuring his right ear and killing a bystander.
00:35Cheadle says her agency had heard several reports of a man with a rifle on a rooftop before the shooting.
00:42Secret Service also labeled the rooftop where Crooks fired from as a vulnerable spot days before.
00:48Bipartisan lawmakers have called for Cheadle to resign.
00:51She has resisted the calls, saying she is the right person to lead the agency.