(23 Jul 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Washington DC – 22 July 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberly Cheatle , U.S. Secret Service Director:
“I don’t have an exact number to share with you today, but, from what I’ve been able to discern, somewhere between 2 and 5 times, there was some sort of communication about a suspicious individual."
REP. FROST: “to to the Secret Service specifically.”
CHEATLE: "Mmm hmm."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberly Cheatle, U.S. Secret Service Director: ‘
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“What I can tell you is that when the individual was identified by the counter sniper. They took one shot and neutralized that individual.”
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Byron Donalds, (R ) Florida:
“But that was after the shooter already took a shot. Is that correct?”
CHEATLE: “That is correct.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R) Georgia:
“Why was he allowed to be there?”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberly Cheatle , U.S. Secret Service Director:
“As soon as the individual was identified as a threat.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R) Georgia:
“No no no no no no. What do you consider to be a threat? A man with a gun laying in a sniper position. A man that had a backpack. A man that had a bicycle. A man that had a rangefinder. At what point is he determined a threat?”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberly Cheatle , U.S. Secret Service Director:
“An individual with a backpack is not a threat. An individual with a rangefinder is not a threat.”
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Russell Fry, (R) South Carolina:
“Was Mr. Crooks observed at the AGR building prior to the shooting?"
CHEATLE: "He was observed on the grounds outside of our perimeter prior to the shooting. "
REP. FRY: "At approximately what time was that? You don’t have to give me this specific minute, but at approximately what time was that?"
CHEATLE: "I believe it was about 45 minutes or so prior to."
STORYLINE:
The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.
Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee at an outdoor campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
“I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in an email to staff, obtained by The Associated Press. “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’s departure was unlikely to end the scrutiny of the long-troubled agency after the failures of July 13, and it comes at a critical juncture ahead of the Democratic National Convention and a busy presidential campaign season. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have promised continued investigation, along with an inspector general probe and an independent and bipartisan effort launched at President Joe Biden’s behest that will keep the agency in the spotlight.
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