House Oversight Invites USSS Director to Testify

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a press conference at the Secret Service's Chicago Field Office on June 4 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, ahead of the 2024 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunday, 14 July 2024 10:21 AM EDT ET

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Saturday invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on July 22 following the shooting at the rally of former President Donald Trump.

"Americans demand answers about the assassination attempt of President Trump," the panel said in a statement on social media.

Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., have called for a probe into Trump's security detail. 

NBC News correspondent Julie Tsirkin posted Sunday morning on X that Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego, who's running for the U.S. Senate in the battleground state, sent a letter to Cheatle calling on "those responsible for the planning, approving, and executing of this failed security plan to be held accountable and to testify before Congress immediately." 

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The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Saturday invited U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on July 22 following the shooting at the rally of former President Donald Trump.
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