SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR QUITS
US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned following intense criticism of the agency after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
The Associated Press reports Cheatle said in an email to staff: “I take full responsibility for the security lapse.
“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, who had been director since August 2022, had faced growing calls to resign following the Secret Service’s failure to stop Trump being shot at during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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