Secret Service Confirms Director Will Appear Before House Committee Next Week

‘The Secret Service is fully accountable for the safety of its protectees,’ the agency said Friday.

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle in a file photo. Kamil Krzaczynski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The director of the Secret Service has agreed to testify at a House hearing investigating Saturday’s assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump.

A spokesman for the agency confirmed in a statement Friday that Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will make the appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, July 22, after its chairman requested her to appear.