Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., questioned Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle in a House Oversight hearing Monday on the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Khanna, citing the resignation of a previous Secret Service director after the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, asked Cheatle whether she would resign.
“I’m not questioning your judgment, I just don’t think this is partisan. If you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign,” Khanna said.
Cheatle said she would not “shirk her responsibilities” and “I will remain on and be responsible to the agency.”
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