Last Updated on July 22, 2024
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over the 60-day timeline for the initial report surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, calling it “not acceptable.”
The Hill reported Cheatle testified Monday before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, telling committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., the breakdowns in security would be published within 60 days.
Ocasio-Cortez railed against the 60-day stated completion, highlighting the tremendous political pressure in the States:
The notion of a report coming out in 60 days when the threat environment is so high in the United States, irrespective of party, is not acceptable. .. It has been ten days since the assassination attempt on the former President of the United States. Regardless of party, there need to be answers.
Again, this is not a moment of theater. We need to make policy decisions, and we need to make them now. .. That may require legislation, that may require policy that we must pass in the immediate term. And without that, we are flying blind.
Cheatle responded by saying the Secret Service has “been conducting analysis all along, and … have been adding additional features to … security details since” the assassination attempt.
She also added that “a number” of Office of Inspector General investigations are ongoing, along with the Department of Justice’s investigation.
According to The Hill, on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a 45-day bipartisan, independent panel to analyze the assassination attempt.
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Having realized the political turmoil of present-day politics, lawmakers from both parties have united in asking for Cheatle to resign.
