AoSHQ The Morning Report
July 26, 2024
Over and over again during Monday's House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, members from both sides of the partisan aisle repeatedly asked questions of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.In Other News
Congress and the American people have an unquestionable constitutional right to hear the answers to those questions, but Cheatle repeatedly declined to answer, deferred to the FBI, or claimed not to have the information sought.
Even the Associated Press had to acknowledge Cheatle's unconstitutional refusal to answer even the most basic questions about how a 20-year-old kid with no known military training was able to climb on top of a building with a close-in and clear shot at Trump.
"Cheatle was berated for hours by Republicans and Democrats, repeatedly angering lawmakers by evading questions about the investigation during the first hearing over the July 13 assassination attempt," is how AP summarized the frustrating day.
Cheatle's silence in the face of bipartisan outrage was so bad that after the hearing Rep. Jamie Rankin, the far-Left Maryland Democrat who is the ranking member of the oversight panel, joined with the Republican chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky), in demanding Cheatle's resignation.
She resigned the next morning.