{"id":2305601,"date":"2024-07-22T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-service-has-no-radio-recordings-from-pa-trump-rally\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:58:17","slug":"cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheatle-confirms-that-there-are-no-radio-recordings-of-the-pennsylvania-trump-rally-4\/","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-4%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=2305601&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 faced tough questions from lawmakers regarding the agency&#8217;s security\u200d preparations\u2063 during the attempted assassination of former President Donald\u200c Trump. Cheatle admitted that the Secret Service had\u2063 no radio recordings from the day of the incident in\u200c Butler, Pennsylvania. She was pressed by \u200cRep. Russell Fry about the agency&#8217;s communication recording practices,\u200c to which Cheatle responded that email communications, text messages, \u200dand depending on the detail, radio communications are recorded. When asked specifically about recordings from \u2062the July 13th event, \u2062Cheatle confirmed they \u2063did not have radio\u200d communications from that day.<\/p>\n<p>During a\u200c hearing before the House Oversight Committee, \u200bmembers \u2064from both parties demanded Cheatle&#8217;s resignation\u200d in the aftermath of the assassination attempt. Rep. Ro Khanna emphasized the severity of the security lapse and \u2063insisted that such an incident required\u2064 the director&#8217;s resignation. He pointed out historical examples, like Stuart Knight resigning after a serious security breach in the Secret Service.\u200d Cheatle also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-cuomo-on-the-issue-of-where-coronavirus-patients-died-who-cares-they-died\/\" title=\"Governor Cuomo On The Issue Of Where Coronavirus Patients Died: \u2018Who Cares? \u2026 They Died.\u2019\">faced questions<\/a> about \u2062why the Secret Service did not have an agent \u200don \u200bthe rooftop where the gunman took a\u200c direct shot at Trump, leading\u200d to \u200bfatalities and injuries among rallygoers. Cheatle mentioned ongoing investigations into the advance process as the reason\u2064 for the lack of rooftop security.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle&#8217;s tenure as the head\u2064 of the Secret Service has come under scrutiny following the\u200b high-profile incident, and\u200c calls for her resignation have intensified as lawmakers seek accountability for the security failures during the assassination\u2063 attempt on Trump.  <\/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 rally grounds hours 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>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle informed lawmakers that her agency does 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 incident. Rep. Ro Khanna emphasized the seriousness of the security lapse and compared it to the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Cheatle was unable to explain why the rooftop where the gunman shot at Trump was not secured by agents. The gunman had apparently hidden the firearm before the shooting. Additionally, it was reported that the gunman had flown a drone over the rally grounds hours before the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2305602,"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":[546],"tags":[35221,16629,5836,35826,33285],"class_list":["post-2305601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-cheatle","tag-confirmation","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\/2305601","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=2305601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}