**Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Officially Resigns**
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday amid widespread outrage over her agency’s failure to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally earlier this month.
Cheatle’s resignation came a day after she was heavily criticized by members of a House committee during a hearing on the Secret Service’s actions leading up to Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler Township. At that hearing, Cheatle initially refused to resign, asserting that she was the most qualified person to lead the Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, vice president, their families, and leading presidential candidates.