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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle privately acknowledged in dual congressional briefings on Wednesday that her agency had made mistakes — but it won’t be enough to stem a wave of bipartisan criticism over Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Instead, the House is now expected to have a classified briefing next week once the chamber returns to Washington — a step both Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed on a call between top Secret Service, FBI officials and lawmakers, according to a person on the briefing and two people familiar with it.
Cheatle is at the center of a storm of congressional ire as lawmakers dig into a sweeping investigation of the shooting, including how the gunman was able to get on a roof roughly 200 yards from where Trump was speaking.
She appeared to acknowledge that frustration on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that there was a “failure” by the Secret Service at Trump’s rally. One of the people familiar with the briefing said that Cheatle acknowledged “mistakes and gaffes.”
