LAUREL, MARYLAND (May 10, 2024) Director of the United States Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, speaks during the Secret Service Wall of Honor Ceremony at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, Maryland. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour)
Speaker Mike Johnson will be forming a special House task force to investigate the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, and will also be examining the failures of United States Secret Serve Director Kimberly Cheatle. Michael Katz of Newsmax reports:
House Speaker Mike Johnsons, R-La., said Wednesday he will look at all available avenues should Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle buck calls for her resignation following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
He reportedly said earlier Wednesday he will be forming a special House task force to investigate the attempted assassination at a rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump’s right ear was bloodied by a bullet fired from suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who also killed a rally attendee and injured two others before being gunned down by a Secret Service sniper.
“We’re looking at all those options right now,” Johnson told The Hill when asked if Congress had any recourse, including impeachment, if Cheatle refuses to resign. “But the first thing is to stand up the task force to get down to the real facts.”
In a speech to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, Johnson said the House “is conducting an immediate and thorough investigation of these tragic events and that work has already begun.”
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