By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers Monday as calls mounted for her to resign. In the first congressional hearing over the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in […]


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-07-22 09:38:54">July 22, 2024 at 9:38 a.m.</time>

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational fail…{ai:summary}<p>In a smoky room, the Secret Service found themselves caught flat-footed. Their most significant blunder in decades emerged from an assassination attempt on former President Trump, rattling nerves and prompting calls for the director’s head.</p><p>A political storm brews as officials demand accountability. Cheatle faces the music while shadows of past mistakes linger in the air. #politics</p>

Secret Service director says Trump’s assassination attempt was biggest agency ‘failure’ in decades

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