Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from the Secret Service after Speaker Mike Johnson continually called for her to step down after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
“I’m glad she did the right thing. Look, the immediate reaction to her resignation, is that it is overdue. She should have done this at least a week ago. I am happy to see that, I am happy to see that she has heeded the call of both Republicans and Democrats,” Johnson said.
Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced a bipartisan House Task Force consisting of seven Republicans and 6 Democrats to investigate the assassination attempt and get answers to the American public.
“They’ll have three primary responsibilities. We have to get the answers of course, about what happened. We need to make sure that accountability is ensured to the American people, and we need to prevent anything like this from ever happening again. The committee will have subpoena authority and they will begin immediately. A final report will be due from the committee no later than December 13,” Johnson said.
The task force will be empowered with all investigative authority of the House of Representatives including subpoena authority.
“Now, we have to pick up the pieces. We have to rebuild the American people’s faith and trust in the Secret Service as an agency. It has an incredibly important responsibility in protecting presidents, former presidents, and other officials in the executive branch and we’ve got a lot of work to do, ” Johnson said.
The Task Force will make recommendations for reform to the relevant government agencies and recommend any necessary legislation to implement them.
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