Secret Service ‘Totally Responsible’ for Trump Rally Security Design, Director Says

‘At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is totally responsible,’ agency head Kimberly Cheatle says.

The site during the police investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, in Butler, Pa., on July 14, 2024. Carlos Osorio/Reuters

The director of the Secret Service said the agency is responsible for the security plan at the Pennsylvania rally where a shooter fired upon former President Donald Trump.

“At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is totally responsible for the design and implementation and the execution of the site,” Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told CNN on Tuesday night.