Day: July 22, 2024

Secret Service director calls Trump assassination attempt the “most significant failure”

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is testifying before the House Oversight Committee over her agency's actions surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Following Cheatle's opening statement and the start of questions, CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd offered insight into Cheatle's testimony.

'Shooter on roof looks like threatening behavior to me': Dem Rep. grills Secret Service Director

Majorie Taylor Greene grills Kim Cheatle at Trump assassination attempt hearing | LiveNOW from FOX

Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle faced a grilling by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt hearing. In her first congressional hearing over the July 13 assassination attempt, Cheatle repeatedly angered lawmakers by evading questions, citing ongoing investigations. She called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades. U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned Cheatle and stated that “things are not going well,” for the director. Greene also advised that Cheatle step down from her position.

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Barack Obama wants ‘open contest’ after refusing to endorse Kamala Harris

Barack Obama has made it clear he wants to see an “open contest” for the Democrat nominee position following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, according to The Australian’s chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart. President Biden endorsed Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee, but Mr Obama made no mention of the Vice President in his statement. “There’s a lot of people who want the party just to coalesce around Harris. They think that’s less divisive, they think it’s the only way to move forward without more divisions within the party,” Mr Stewart told Sky News Australia. “But then you have Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi who want an open contest.”