{"id":2305585,"date":"2024-07-22T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-service-has-no-radio-recordings-from-pa-trump-rally\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:42:44","slug":"cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheatle confirms that there are no radio recordings of the Pennsylvania Trump rally"},"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\">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%2Fcheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-3%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=2305585&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>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle \u2063informed lawmakers \u200cthat her agency did not have any radio recordings from the day of the attempted assassination of former President\u200c Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Members of both parties demanded her resignation following the security \u2063lapse leading \u2064to the event. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">oversight committee questioned<\/a> why there were no security personnel on the \u200drooftop from where the gunman shot at \u200dTrump\u2063 and killed a rallygoer. Cheatle cited ongoing investigations\u200b and mentioned\u2064 the sloped nature of the roof as reasons for the lack of security. The incident has raised concerns about the Secret Service&#8217;s handling\u200d of security measures and has led to calls for \u2062accountability.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers her agency has no radio recordings from the day of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Cheatle was asked about the security agency&rsquo;s records-keeping practices by Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Does the Secret Service routinely record communications between and amongst detail?&rdquo; Fry said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Radio communications?&rdquo; Cheatle clarified.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any communication,&rdquo; Fry said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Email communications are captured as well as text messages. And then depending on the detail, radio communications are recorded,&rdquo; Cheatle said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Does the Secret Service have recorded communications from the July 13th event?&rdquo; Fry asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do not have radio communications from that day,&rdquo; Cheatle said. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>&mdash; Julie Kelly &#127482;&#127480; (@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1815454221350678563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Secret Service director remained defiant before the House Oversight Committee on Monday as members of both parties demanded her resignation following the assassination attempt of the Republican presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t think this is partisan,&rdquo; said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. &ldquo;If you have an assassination attempt on the president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna got Cheatle to agree the recent Trump shooting was &ldquo;the most serious security lapse since President [Ronald] Reagan was shot in 1981.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, do you know what Stuart Knight did &mdash; he was in charge, at the time, of the Secret Service &mdash; do you know what he did?&rdquo; Khanna asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He remained on duty,&rdquo; Cheatle said with confidence. The California congressman corrected her. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He resigned. He resigned,&rdquo; Khanna said. &ldquo;And Stuart Knight was not a Democratic appointee &hellip; I&rsquo;m not questioning your judgment, I just don&rsquo;t think this is partisan. If you have an assassination attempt on a president or a former president or a candidate, you need to resign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna to Secret Service Director Cheatle: &#8220;I just don&#8217;t think this is partisan. If you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9iPPFuNDxM\">pic.twitter.com\/9iPPFuNDxM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1815410085385888165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The hearing room released an audible sigh when Cheatle could not explain why her agency did not secure the rooftop from which the gunman was able to take a direct shot at Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/15\/late-trump-rallygoer-was-a-real-life-superhero-who-took-a-bullet-to-protect-his-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kill<\/a> another rallygoer. Two more spectators in the crowd were injured.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can you answer why the Secret Service didn&rsquo;t place a single agent on the roof?&rdquo; Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are still looking into the advance process,&rdquo; Cheatle said. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Comer: &#8220;At any point, did Secret Service have an agent on top of the roof?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle: &#8220;We&#8217;re only nine days out from this incident and there is still an ongoing investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comer: &#8220;Can you answer why you didn&#8217;t place an agent on that roof?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle: &#8220;We&#8217;re still looking.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VrN0dYUaP3\">pic.twitter.com\/VrN0dYUaP3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1815395829701595172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Last week, the Secret Service director told ABC News the roof was left clear of security personnel because it was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/secret-service-director-we-didnt-put-snipers-on-the-roof-because-it-was-kind-of-sloped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sloped<\/a>.&rdquo; Fox News reported the gunman apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/19\/report-trump-rally-assassin-hid-gun-on-site-before-the-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hid<\/a> the firearm before the deadly shooting spree. Three counter-snipers were stationed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/report-three-counter-snipers-were-in-building-trump-shooter-used-took-photos-of-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inside<\/a>&nbsp;the building, but none were on the rooftop. A source also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/13\/democrats-started-trying-to-strip-trumps-secret-service-protection-just-months-before-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;The Federalist that Trump&rsquo;s team had repeatedly pled with federal officials to beef up security but were rebuffed &ldquo;time and again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:&nbsp;[RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/17\/any-roofer-worth-his-salt-knows-secret-services-sloped-roof-excuse-is-total-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Any Roofer Worth His Salt Knows Secret Service&rsquo;s &lsquo;Sloped&rsquo; Roof Excuse Is Total Nonsense<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-gunman-flew-drone-over-rally-site-hours-before-attempted-assassination-2d0e2e1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the 20-year-old gunman had successfully flown a drone at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-2\/\" title=\"Cheatle confirms that there are no radio recordings of the Pennsylvania Trump rally\">rally grounds hours<\/a> before Trump&rsquo;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-confirmed-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally\/\" title=\"Cheatle confirmed that there are no radio recordings of the Pennsylvania Trump rally\">programmed flight path earlier<\/a> in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump&rsquo;s ill-fated rally,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally\/\" title=\"Cheatle confirms that there are no radio recordings of the Pennsylvania Trump rally\">paper reported citing law-enforcement officials<\/a> who were briefed. &ldquo;The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a congressional hearing, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted that her agency did not have any radio recordings from the day of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Lawmakers from both parties demanded her resignation following the security lapse. Cheatle also faced questions about why the rooftop where the gunman was able to take a shot at Trump was left unsecured. Additionally, it was revealed that the gunman had flown a drone over the rally grounds hours before the shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2305586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Cheatle-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35221,5836,35826,33285],"class_list":["post-2305585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cheatle","tag-pennsylvania","tag-radio-recordings","tag-trump-rally"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Cheatle-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305585","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}