Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle was dressed down during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Monday, with one upset congresswoman telling her she was “full of shit.”
The heated exchange came as Cheatle deflected questions about her office’s failure to protect Donald Trump during a rally where an assassin was able to take a shot at him.
At one point during questioning, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) grew fed up with Cheatle’s non-answers and directly confronted her.
Nancy Mace was not MESSING AROUND…
“You’re full of SHIT today!”
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 22, 2024
“You’re full of shit today. You’re just being completely dishonest,” Mace told Cheatle, who had responded to a list of questions by answering, “I would have to get back to you.”
Despite objections from members of the committee for not maintaining decorum, Mace laid in on Cheatle, stating,
You’re being dishonest or lying, like, I just…you’re being dishonest here with this committee. These are important questions that the American people want answers to. And you’re just, you’re just dodging and talking around in generalities. And we had to subpoena you to be here. And you won’t even answer the questions. We have asked you repeatedly to answer our questions. This isn’t hard. These are not hard questions.
She is NOT answering our questions.
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) July 22, 2024
Prior to the hearing, the Obama-appointed Secret Service director had remained adamant she won’t resign despite admitting her agency was “totally responsible” for the security failures at Trump’s MAGA rally.
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