Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally

Colleen Long

07/23/2024

U.S. SECRET SERVICE Director Kimberly Cheatle prepares to testify about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, at the Capitol on July 22 in Washington. (AP PHOTO/JOHN MCDONNELL)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022,

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