According to her prepared remarks, Cheatle is expected to once again take responsibility for the security failures at Trump’s July 13 campaign rally in Pennsylvania. A gunman is alleged to have gained access to an unsecured roof, where he opened fire with an AR-style rifle, injuring Trump, killing one man and seriously wounding two others.
“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed,” Cheatle plans to testify, according to a copy of her prepared remarks. “As the director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse.”
She said the agency is fully cooperating with the FBI’s criminal investigation into the shooting, as well as additional reviews by Congress, the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General and an independent bipartisan panel announced Sunday.
“We must learn what happened, and I will move heaven and earth to ensure an incident like July 13th does not happen again,” she plans to testify. “Thinking about what we should have done differently is never far from my thoughts.”
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