Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday as she faced backlash over the security failure underlying the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month.
The decision came after Cheatle appeared for a hearing before the House Oversight Committee and testified that the Secret Service “failed” its mission to protect leaders under its charge. Both Democrats and Republicans had called on Cheatle to step down and a number of investigations are underway.
“In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that, I have made the difficult decision to step down as your Director,” Cheatle said in an email to the Secret Service workforce obtained by ABC News.
Questions have been raised about how a shooter, identified as a 20-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, managed to get onto a nearby rooftop and begin shooting with an AR-style…
