{"id":2306813,"date":"2024-07-23T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/articles-of-impeachment-filed-against-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-we-have-no-choice\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:09:15","slug":"articles-of-impeachment-filed-against-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-we-have-no-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/articles-of-impeachment-filed-against-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-we-have-no-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle: &#8216;We Have No Choice&#8217;"},"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\">28<\/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%2Farticles-of-impeachment-filed-against-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-we-have-no-choice%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=2306813&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>Tus\/1815584387552881793?&#8221;>July 23, \u20622024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It remains \u2063to be seen how the\u200d impeachment proceedings \u200dwill unfold, but it is clear that there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-to-force-vote-affirming-support-for-israel-amid-democratic-infighting\/\" title=\"Republicans plan to push for a vote in support of Israel amidst Democratic discord.\">strong\u2064 bipartisan support<\/a> for holding Director Cheatle\u200c accountable for the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">security lapse<\/a> that nearly \u200dresulted in a tragic incident. <\/p>\n<p> The\u2063 impeachment proceedings against Director Cheatle are \u2063expected to be \u2063a highly contentious\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-made-up-his-mind-on-a-vp-pick-i-know-who-its-going-to-be\/\" title=\"Trump has chosen his VP, says he&#039;s certain\">closely watched affair<\/a>. The outcome will have significant\u200d implications for national security and\u200b the\u2063 future of the \u200dagency. Citizens will be \u2063closely following the developments as they unfold, hoping for\u200d a fair and\u2064 just\u200d resolution to the situation.  <\/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>House Republicans want Kimberly Cheatle gone.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the Secret Service director appeared on Capitol Hill on Monday to face withering questions from the House Oversight Committee over the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, two GOP lawmakers filed articles to impeach her.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, an Oversight Committee member and one of Cheatle&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rep-mace-chews-cheatle-spits-truly-brutal-questioning-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most scathing interrogators<\/a>, was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House has NEVER voted on an impeachment of an inferior civil officer,&rdquo; Mace wrote Monday night in a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, &ldquo;but historic times call for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dccc-chair-maloney-dems-saved-every-small-business-got-help-to-schools-that-are-allowing-parents-to-be-in-control\/\" title=\"DCCC Chair Maloney: Dems &#039;Saved&#039; Every Small Business, Got Help to Schools That Are &#039;Allowing Parents to Be in Control&#039;\">historic measures<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH us introduce a privileged motion to impeach Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle. The House has NEVER voted on an impeachment of an inferior civil officer &hellip; but historic times call for historic measures. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sRxXJkgsBo\">pic.twitter.com\/sRxXJkgsBo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1815554538046173302?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube &mdash; an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-greg-steube-enough-says-long-past-time-start-process-impeaching-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outspoken critic<\/a> of the Biden administration &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/steube.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-22-Impeachment-Resolution-for-Secret-Service-Director-Cheatle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed his own articles<\/a> to impeach Cheatle, charging her with &ldquo;neglect for her duty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secret Service calls themselves &lsquo;one of the most elite law enforcement agencies in the world,&#8217;&rdquo; Steube said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/steube.house.gov\/press-releases\/rep-greg-steube-moves-to-impeach-kimberly-a-cheatle-director-of-the-united-states-secret-service-for-enabling-an-attempted-trump-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened under their watch in Butler, Pennsylvania was an international embarrassment and an inexcusable tragedy,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Particularly after her abysmal testimony today before the Oversight Committee, where little to no questions were properly answered and she doubled down on her refusal to resign, we have no choice but to impeach Director Cheatle,&rdquo; the congressman said.<\/p>\n<p>How far the impeachment process goes remains to be seen. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-throws-fit-response-mayorkas-impeachment-demands-republicans-give-wants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House impeachment<\/a> of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas &mdash; the first of a Cabinet member in history &mdash; died in the Democratic-led Senate in April, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-senate-04-17-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle is also facing growing pressure to resign. And the man who appointed her to her post, President Joe Biden, is already a lame duck after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing Sunday<\/a> he is not going to continue his re-election bid, so she could well step down.<\/p>\n<p>But there&rsquo;s no question that after the disgrace of the Trump assassination attempt &mdash; where only a fortunately timed turn of his head saved the 45th president from having his brains blown out &mdash; getting rid of Cheatle has wide support on the right end of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s especially true after Cheatle&rsquo;s testimony on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Imagine you go into your boss&rsquo;s office and he asks you about a project that didn&rsquo;t go well.<\/p>\n<p>And you refused to answer his questions.<\/p>\n<p>Would he ask you to resign, or would he fire you?<\/p>\n<p>Why are these elected officials, the people we hired and the people we&rsquo;re paying to do a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jill Adkins (@practiceyrPE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/practiceyrPE\/status\/1815554765306069299?\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  As one X user wrote in response to Steube&rsquo;s post on X, &ldquo;this should be a unanimous vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kimberly&rsquo;s job security is not more important than the safety of the President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Misha Turtle Island (@MishaFitton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MishaFitton\/status\/1815465949421859013?\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This should be a unanimous vote<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joseph Pino (@JosephPino_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephPino_\/status\/1815452608808525897?\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cheatle has acknowledged her responsibility for the Secret Service&rsquo;s failures even while refusing to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The buck stops with me,&rdquo; she told ABC News&rsquo; Pierre Thomas in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgraced-secret-service-chief-kim-cheatle-announces-will-not-resign-jaw-dropping-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15 interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, House GOP members want her to pay the price.<\/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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