The director of the Secret Service has agreed to testify at an upcoming House hearing probing the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee subpoenaed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to seem in entrance of Congress as a part of the open investigation into the Trump-rally taking pictures, claiming the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service “failed to provide assurance regarding your appearance” as reasoning.
Cheatle has since agreed to adjust to the subpoena, the committee introduced Wednesday night.
“Americans demand and deserve answers from Director Cheatle about the attempted assassination of President Trump and the Secret Service’s egregious failures,” the GOP-led committee wrote on X after Cheatle agreed to seem.
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at a press convention on June 4 in Chicago. (Getty Images)
Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., penned the letter to Cheatle, writing that, “there have been no meaningful updates or information shared with the Committee.”
“The lack of transparency and failure to cooperate with the Committee on this pressing matter by both DHS and the Secret Service further calls into question your ability to lead the Secret Service and necessitates the attached subpoena compelling your appearance before the Oversight Committee,” a letter connected to the subpoena learn.
After initially requesting Cheatle’s voluntary presence at the hearing, an Oversight Committee spokesperson informed Fox News’ Chad Pergram {that a} subpoena would “head off any attempt by DHS to backtrack from her appearance on Monday.”
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Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci snapped this photograph of former President Trump within the aftermath of a failed assassination attempt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump survived an assassination attempt at a marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, an incident that took the life of 1 rally attendee and injured a number of others.
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Members of Congress instantly referred to as for an investigation into the incident, and a full committee hearing is scheduled for Monday, July 22.