{"id":2296324,"date":"2024-07-16T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-secret-service-chief-kim-cheatle-announces-she-will-not-resign-in-jaw-dropping-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:52:51","slug":"kim-cheatle-disgraced-secret-service-chief-shocks-by-announcing-she-will-not-resign-in-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-cheatle-disgraced-secret-service-chief-shocks-by-announcing-she-will-not-resign-in-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Cheatle, disgraced Secret Service Chief, shocks by announcing she will not resign in interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkim-cheatle-disgraced-secret-service-chief-shocks-by-announcing-she-will-not-resign-in-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2296324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b Secret Service \u2062Director Kim \u2063Cheatle, in an interview with ABC News, defended her agency&#8217;s performance after\u2063 an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.\u2063 Despite a\u2064 suspicious individual being spotted before the shooting, Cheatle has no plans\u200d to resign. The agency\u2062 failed to\u2063 locate the potential killer before shots were fired, causing outrage. Cheatle&#8217;s lack of accountability is alarming as the Secret Service is paid to prevent such\u200c incidents. The failure at the rally in Pennsylvania\u200c highlights the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-asks-public-for-help-after-f-35-goes-missing-in-mishap\/\" title=\"US Military seeks public assistance in locating missing F-35 after incident.\">improved security measures<\/a>. Cheatle&#8217;s refusal to\u2064 take responsibility for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-failure-of-epic-proportions-inside-the-european-unions-failed-vaccine-rollout\/\" title=\"\u2018A Failure Of Epic Proportions\u2019: Inside The European Union\u2019s Failed Vaccine Rollout\">shocking failure<\/a> raises \u200cconcerns about her leadership. President Joe\u200c Biden likely wouldn&#8217;t accept her resignation even if\u200c she offered it. Cheatle&#8217;s actions contradict her words, \u200cindicating a\u200d lack of accountability in a \u200bcritical\u2062 security operation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a time when her agency is in disgrace after the very-nearly successful attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle is apparently shameless.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ABC News broadcast Monday &mdash; that can only be described as jaw-dropping &mdash; the veteran Secret Service agent and former head of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-concerning-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Concerning Foreign Policy\">global security<\/a> for Pepsico made clear two things that most Americans should find disconcerting.<\/p>\n<p>The first is that she apparently had no problem with the fact that a suspicious individual had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/must-see-6-camera-split-screen-assassination-attempt-captures-everything-shooter-open-2-plus-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spotted on a roof<\/a> just outside the Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, roughly a half-hour before Saturday&rsquo;s the shooting, yet the individual was not located until after shots were actually fired.<\/p>\n<p>The second is that she has no plans to resign her position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Secret Service director speaks with ABC about assassination attempt on Donald Trump\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RaFdYiBxJn0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In a government where accountability mattered, the first statement would be inconceivable. The head of the agency charged with security for presidents and presidential candidates would be outraged at the news that a potential killer had been spotted in exactly the kind of spot an assassin would choose, had been photographed, but had not been found before nearly succeeding in his mission.<\/p>\n<p>And in a world where accountability mattered, the second statement would be moot &mdash; Cheatle would have been gone by now.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview with Pierre Thomas, ABC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-ready-for-a-plethora-of-election-deniers-and-this-time-the-media-will-be-cohorts\/\" title=\"Get Ready For A Plethora Of Election Deniers (And This Time, The Media Will Be Cohorts)\">chief justice correspondent<\/a>, Cheatle was big enough to acknowledge that the horrific events of Saturday &mdash; a shooting that left one man dead, two critically injured and almost ended the life of potentially the next president of the United States &mdash; were &ldquo;unacceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet she was brazen enough to defend her agency&rsquo;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/alleged-trump-shooter-spotted-by-law-enforcement-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-sources-say\/Q6GIK5RP6RBY5PHIMYBNXRTEBI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPXI-TV<\/a> in Pittsburgh, an eight-member team of emergency services snipers and spotters from neighboring Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was assigned to the rally.<\/p>\n<p>One of its members actually photographed a suspicious man on aroof near the rally, though the report did not specify which roof, and called in the sighting.<\/p>\n<p>That photo was taken at 5:45 p.m., according to WPXI, which reported that sources had confirmed the man was the now-deceased gunman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-videos-trump-shooter-explode-leave-major-question-establishment-media-cant-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Crooks<\/a>, though it was not clear whether he had a gun with him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/14\/politics\/timeline-trump-rally-shooting-dg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timeline<\/a> published by CNN, Trump took the stage at 6:05 p.m. shots rang out at 6:11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>So, 26 minutes elapsed between when a suspicious individual was spotted and when that individual tried to murder a once-and-perhaps future president. And what does the director of the agency charged with protecting Trump&rsquo;s life have to say?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have all the details yet, but it was a very short period of time,&rdquo; she told Thomas, according to ABC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Seeking that person out, finding them, identifying them, and eventually neutralizing them took place in a very short period of time, and it makes it very difficult.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&rsquo;s difficult. No adult expects the Secret Service to be superheroes.<\/p>\n<p>But the thing is, the Secret Service &mdash; including Kimberly Cheatle &mdash; <em>gets paid<\/em> to do things like monitor political rallies, identify suspicious individuals and stop them before they commit murder.<\/p>\n<p>That means assessing where threats are likely to arise &mdash; say, high points like roofs where an individual hoping to get off a kill shot might place himself &mdash; and making sure those areas are covered.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, according to WPXI, local law enforcement had spotted such an individual on a roof &mdash; even taking a picture of him in the process. The fact that a roof that would have a line of sight on the stage had been left unguarded had to have made finding the individual a lot more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in her dissembling heart, Cheatle has to know that. The woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/screen-shot-bidens-secret-service-directors-profile-says-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent 27 years<\/a> with the Secret Service before leaving the agency for a new title &mdash; and probably much bigger money &mdash; with Pepsico, where she served from 2019 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>She sounded like she knew what she was talking about when she told Thomas that Saturday&rsquo;s assassination attempt was &ldquo;obviously a situation that as a Secret Service agent, no one ever wants to occur in their career.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No, no self-respecting security professional would want to be part of an operation where the principal protectee is saved from a brutal death by sheer chance &mdash; or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-like-reagan-credits-god-alone-saving-life-prevented-unthinkable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the hand of God<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the individual who was in charge of such an operation &mdash; an operation that disgraced the Secret Service and embarrassed the nation in front of the whole world &mdash; should have the decency to accept responsibility for a shocking failure, and at least offer a resignation over it.<\/p>\n<p>(She could have at least taken the chance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interview-disaster-biden-thinks-ss-dir-man-cant-say-assassination-security-failure-thinks-situation-room-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a> probably wouldn&rsquo;t have accepted it anyway.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The buck stops with me,&rdquo; Cheatle told Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>But her actions &mdash; or lack of actions &mdash; speak much, much louder than her words.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She did not express concern about the delay in locating a suspicious individual before the shooting, nor did she indicate any intention to resign. In a situation where accountability should be a priority, Cheatle&#8217;s lack of action is concerning. Despite acknowledging the unacceptable events of the shooting, she defended her agency&#8217;s performance. The timeline of events leading up to the shooting revealed missed opportunities to prevent the attack, raising questions about the Secret Service&#8217;s preparedness. Cheatle&#8217;s failure to take responsibility for the security breach is disappointing and undermines the credibility of the agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2296325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cheatle.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3689,35219,6522,35220],"class_list":["post-2296324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-disgraced","tag-kim-cheatle","tag-resignation","tag-secret-service-chief"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cheatle.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}