{"id":2305472,"date":"2024-07-22T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-reveals-no-one-has-been-disciplined-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:59:15","slug":"secret-service-director-confirms-no-disciplinary-action-taken-following-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-confirms-no-disciplinary-action-taken-following-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service director confirms no disciplinary action taken following Trump assassination attempt &#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\">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%2Fsecret-service-director-confirms-no-disciplinary-action-taken-following-trump-assassination-attempt-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=2305472&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 revealed \u2063during a \u200bhearing that no\u2063 employees from her agency have been \u2062disciplined \u2063following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> on former President Donald \u200cTrump.\u2063 She stated that the agency is still in the review process and that disciplinary action\u200c may be taken in the future. The internal\u200c review process is expected to take 60 days, with external investigations by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security \u200binspector general\u2063 still \u200congoing. Lawmakers expressed concern over the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">security failure<\/a> at the Trump rally \u200cthat resulted in casualties.  <\/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 reveals no one has been disciplined after Trump assassination attempt<\/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_1709629\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> Director Kimberly Cheatle told House lawmakers on Monday during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3091809\/dual-hearings-to-test-secret-service-fbi-leaders-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hearing<\/a> that no employees from her agency have seen disciplinary action as a result of the assassination attempt on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> more than a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Cheatle said no personnel have been disciplined &ldquo;at this time,&rdquo; but she indicated that there could be disciplinary action in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So no employee has been disciplined, and no employee has been placed in any position that would place their job in jeopardy?&rdquo; Sessions asked.<\/p>\n<p>As Cheatle began to speak about how the agency was still in a review process, Sessions interjected, accusing her of failing to answer his question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I have a full and complete report of exactly what happened, there will be accountability and we will make changes,&rdquo; Cheatle said.<\/p>\n<p>The director said her agency&rsquo;s internal review process would take 60 days and noted that several external investigations of the assassination attempt, including ones by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security inspector general, were also still open.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle underwent hours of tough questioning by House Oversight Committee members from both parties during the hearing. Lawmakers appeared baffled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-calls-for-secret-service-director-to-step-down-at-oversight-hearing-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Comer calls for Secret Service director to step down at Oversight hearing - Washington Examiner\">grave security failure<\/a> at a Trump rally on July 13 that left one dead and two seriously injured. Trump&rsquo;s head was grazed by a bullet, resulting in a minor injury to his ear.<\/p>\n<p>After Sessions spoke, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Cheatle&rsquo;s responses were inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lack of answers and the lack of report is just simply not something that we can accept here,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined several of his colleagues in calling on her to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle was again grilled later in the hearing by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on whether anyone has been reprimanded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How many Secret Service personnel have lost their jobs due to this colossal failure?&rdquo; Mace asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this time, none,&rdquo; Cheatle replied, later adding that her agency was still &ldquo;examining the facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, crawled atop the roof of a building about 400 feet from where Trump was speaking at the rally and fired off multiple shots before he was killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle, who has been with the Secret Service for nearly 30 years, admitted during her opening statement that the incident was &ldquo;the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades.&rdquo;<\/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_1709629\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709629\"}});<\/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>The Secret Service director admitted during a hearing that no employees have faced disciplinary action following the assassination attempt on former President Trump. She mentioned that there could be disciplinary action in the future, but no one has been disciplined at this time. The agency is still conducting a review process, and external investigations are ongoing. Lawmakers expressed frustration with the lack of accountability and called for the director to resign. The incident was described as a significant operational failure by the director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2305473,"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\/Kimberly_Cheatle_Oversight_44-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,6350,35822,34163,3634],"class_list":["post-2305472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-director","tag-disciplinary-action","tag-secret-service","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kimberly_Cheatle_Oversight_44-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305472","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}