{"id":2306753,"date":"2024-07-23T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-secret-service-director-cheatle-is-out-a-day-after-disastrous-house-hearing\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:06:51","slug":"breaking-secret-service-director-cheatle-is-out-a-day-after-disastrous-house-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-secret-service-director-cheatle-is-out-a-day-after-disastrous-house-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Secret Service Director Cheatle Is Out a Day After Disastrous House Hearing"},"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%2Fbreaking-secret-service-director-cheatle-is-out-a-day-after-disastrous-house-hearing%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=2306753&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>Script><\/p>\n<p>It seems\u200d like Secret Service Director Cheatle\u200d is \u2063stepping down\u2063 following criticism over her handling of the attempted assassination of\u2064 former President Donald Trump. Various individuals, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elon Musk, have expressed their opinions on the matter.\u2062 Cheatle faced articles \u200bof \u2062impeachment and chose to resign rather than face \u2062further scrutiny. Elon Musk supported her resignation, calling it\u200b &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-bad-faith-debate-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Bad Faith Debate Over \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019\">high time<\/a>.&#8221;  <\/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>\n<p>With just a single day of congressional grilling in the books &mdash; and more on the docket &mdash; it appears Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has had enough.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled director is reportedly ditching her post just a day after a contentious House hearing that left many questioning Cheatle&rsquo;s ability to do her job.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&rsquo; Bill Melugin and the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Oversight Project were among those who reported the story Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1815756631172424175?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING OVERSIGHT PROJECT EXCLUSIVE&#128680;<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Cheatle is stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>She just ed the work force<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightPR\/status\/1815754094314750217?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Cheatle was torched over the way she presided over the Secret Service detail during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone, from the usual suspects to even those you wouldn&rsquo;t expect, took umbrage with the response from Cheatle&rsquo;s unit.<\/p>\n<p>There was the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-crowd-gasps-mtg-brings-cheatle-timeline-front-entire-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aggressive rhetoric<\/a> from conservative firebrands such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, but in a twist, guess who agreed with the Georgia Republican?<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mtg-gets-heated-aoc-dems-accuse-gop-rep-showing-porn-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">old rival<\/a>, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why was the Secret Service&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ig-report-park-police-cleared-rioters-from-washington-d-c-s-lafayette-square-to-install-fencing\/\" title=\"IG report: Park police cleared rioters from Washington, D.C.\u2019s Lafayette Square to install fencing\">protective perimeter<\/a> in Butler shorter than the range of an AR-15?<\/p>\n<p>It does not take 60 days to answer that question.<\/p>\n<p>The agency&rsquo;s failure to publicly account for these questions and others from Congress is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Dir. Cheatle should resign. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5C50Qi5EJS\">pic.twitter.com\/5C50Qi5EJS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAOC\/status\/1815539179910058208?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall with Ocasio-Cortez and Greene in rare agreement, Cheatle &mdash; who was facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/articles-impeachment-filed-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-no-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles of impeachment<\/a> filed after the hearing &mdash; seemingly opted to resign rather than face further scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>At least one notable fan of the move: tech mogul Elon Musk, who responded to Melugin&rsquo;s report with a simple retort:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;High time,&rdquo; he said of Cheatle&rsquo;s resignation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">High time<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1815757153254121927?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just two days after the Butler incident, Cheatle put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/2024\/07\/statement-us-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that clearly didn&rsquo;t assuage any concerns about her ability to do her job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would like to start by extending my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, as well as those who were injured during this senseless act of violence,&rdquo; she said in the July 15 statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Secret Service personnel on the ground moved quickly during the incident, with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-no-longer-appearing-at-security-conference-following-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service director no longer appearing at security conference following Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">counter sniper team neutralizing<\/a> the shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to ensure the safety of former president Donald Trump,&rdquo; Cheatle said.<\/p>\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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