Secret Service Director Admits ‘Significant Operational Failure’ in Trump Assassination Attempt

‘The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders,’ Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday.

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

The director of the U.S. Secret Service told a House panel on Monday that her agency failed during the assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump.

“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed. As the Director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse,” Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told the House Oversight Committee in prepared remarks after she was subpoenaed, adding that the shooting was the “most significant operational failure in decades.”