{"id":2297648,"date":"2024-07-17T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-clarifies-comments-on-responsibility-for-securing-trump-rally-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:43:42","slug":"secret-service-director-clarifies-remarks-on-trump-rally-security-responsibility-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-clarifies-remarks-on-trump-rally-security-responsibility-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service director clarifies remarks on Trump rally security responsibility &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsecret-service-director-clarifies-remarks-on-trump-rally-security-responsibility-washington-examiner%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=2297648&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 Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, clarified her comments \u2063regarding the responsibility for\u2062 securing the rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.\u2062 Cheatle stated that the Secret Service was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-semitism-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-why-democrats-seem-to-think-jew-hatred-began-with-adolf-hitler\/\" title=\"Anti-Semitism Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Why Democrats Seem To Think Jew Hatred Began With Adolf Hitler\">solely responsible<\/a> for securing the area\u200b where Trump \u200dspoke, \u2062despite earlier comments seemingly delegating responsibility to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings\/\" title=\"Rex Heuermann and the Long Island killings: What we know about Gilgo Beach murders.\">local \u2063police<\/a>. The\u2064 shooting \u2063at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania resulted in \u200cthe death of one attendee\u200b and injuries to\u2064 Trump and two others. Cheatle emphasized that\u2064 the\u200c Secret Service was responsible for\u200b the design, implementation, and\u200b execution of the site, while local law enforcement handled\u2063 the outer perimeter of\u2062 the building where the shooter took aim.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Secret Service director clarifies comments on responsibility for securing Trump rally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1704859\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">Secret Service<\/a> Director Kimberly&nbsp;Cheatle clarified her comments about responsibility for securing the rally where former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> was nearly assassinated after she appeared to delegate responsibility to local police.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, killed one attendee, Corey Comperatore, 50, and injured Trump and two other attendees. Cheatle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/politics\/secret-service-director-interview\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN on Tuesday that the Secret Service was &ldquo;solely responsible&rdquo; for securing the area where Trump spoke.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is totally responsible for the design and implementation and the execution of the site,&rdquo; Cheatle said.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-backtracks-says-he-wasnt-knocking-our-beautiful-country-in-comments-about-brittney-griner\/\" title=\"Lebron James Backtracks - Says He Wasn\u2019t \u201cKnocking Our Beautiful Country\u201d in Comments about Brittney Griner\">clarified comments<\/a> she made to ABC News where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-clarifies-role-in-securing-trump-rally-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service director clarifies role in securing Trump rally - Washington Examiner\">claimed local law enforcement &#038;ldquo<\/a>;were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building&rdquo; where the shooter took aim from. When speaking with CNN, Cheatle said she had tried to say the Secret Service was working alongside local police.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I was trying to stress was that we just divided up areas of responsibility, and they provided support to those areas of responsibility,&rdquo;&nbsp;Cheatle&nbsp;told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>She pushed back on claims that the security perimeter was too small but did say the agency will take lessons from the attempted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened is a terrible incident and should never happen,&rdquo; Cheatle said. &ldquo;And we are obviously going to make sure move forward we take whatever any lessons that come out of this and adjust accordingly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheatle has said the agency will cooperate with the independent investigation ordered by President Joe Biden into the security failings, along with any congressional investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made his first public appearance since the incident Monday during the first night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and again appeared on the second night of the convention Tuesday. He had a bandage covering his right ear, which had been grazed in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1704859\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1704859\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle clarified her previous statements regarding the responsibility for securing the rally where former President Donald Trump was almost assassinated. She explained that while the Secret Service was solely responsible for the design and execution of the site, they worked alongside local police who provided support in certain areas. Cheatle emphasized that the security perimeter was not too small but acknowledged that lessons will be learned from the incident. She also stated that the agency will cooperate with investigations into the security failings. Trump made his first public appearance since the incident at the Republican National Convention, wearing a bandage over his right ear which was grazed in the shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2297649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/us-secret-service-trump-rally-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6350,5112,34163,35315,33285],"class_list":["post-2297648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-director","tag-remarks","tag-secret-service","tag-security-responsibility","tag-trump-rally"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/us-secret-service-trump-rally-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297648","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2297648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2297649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2297648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2297648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}