11:15 AM UPDATE: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after criticism over Trump shooting
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The leaders of the House oversight committee called on the Secret Service director, Kimberly A. Cheatle, to resign after her testimony on Monday in which she repeatedly refused to answer specific questions about the security failures that led to an assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump.
The NY Times reports representatives James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the committee, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the panel, joined several members of the committee in demanding Ms. Cheatle’s resignation.
FULL VIDEO: Rep. Nancy Mace brought fire to the Secret Service hearing, calling USSS chief Kim Cheatle out on her lies and complete inability to tell the truth. You've never seen a hearing like this before. pic.twitter.com/R9RZOFMnnQ
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Comer and Raskin, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House oversight committee, wrote a joint letter to Cheatle after the hearing calling for her resignation.
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