At times, Ms. Cheatle seemed less informed than the lawmakers quizzing her. When Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, asked for a detailed timeline of events, Ms. Cheatle said she did not have one.
“I have a timeline that does not have specifics,” she said, eliciting laughter from the room
In a hearing on Capitol Hill, Director Kimberly A. Cheatle declined to answer questions about the lapses in protection that allowed a gunman to fire at former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa.
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- "It is my firm belief, Director Cheatle, that you should resign," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said at the outset of Monday's hearing.
- Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the panel, also called for her resignation, saying the Secret Service chief has "lost the confidence of Congress at a very urgent and tender moment in the history of the country."
- "Director Cheatle, because Donald Trump is alive, and thank God he is, you look incompetent," said Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio). "If Donald Trump had been killed, you would have looked culpable