Kimberly Cheatle
 Kimberly Cheatle    (policewoman) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | August 15, 1972 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Eastern Illinois University | |||||||||||
Director of the United States Secret Service during the the July 2024 assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump
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Kimberly A. Cheatle is an American law enforcement officer who became director of the United States Secret Service in September 2022. She previously held multiple roles in the United States Secret Service for over 25 years.[1]
Activities
After the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, she admitted the agency knew the building rooftop where gunman Thomas Crooks was positioned was a security vulnerability but still opted not to position agents there, explaining that "that building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof..And, so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building from inside."[2][3]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240718020923/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/leadership/director
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/us-news/secret-service-boss-kimberly-cheatle-says-the-buck-stops-with-me-calls-trump-rally-shooting-response-unacceptable-but-still-wont-resign/
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/16/cheatle-police-snipers-were-not-put-on-roof-where-trump-gunman-was-because-it-was-sloped/
