Former President Donald J. Trump experienced a near-fatal assassination attempt at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 13, 2024.
Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle testified before the House oversight committee for over 4 hours on July 22, 2024.
Two sources with reliable information have shared their accounts of the events leading up to this tragic occurrence.
Former President Donald J. Trump experienced a near-fatal assassination attempt at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 13, 2024. The Secret Service, responsible for protecting the former president and other high-ranking officials, faced intense scrutiny following the incident. Two sources with reliable information have shared their accounts of the events leading up to this tragic occurrence.
According to a report from The New York Times, Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle testified before the House oversight committee for over 4 hours on July 22, 2024. During her testimony, she called the shooting at Trump's rally her agency's
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned after acknowledging the agency’s failure during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump
Kimberly Cheatle made the decision to resign with a heavy heart
Ronald Rowe has been appointed as acting US Secret Service Director
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Kimberly Cheatle resigned with a heavy heart
Cheatle faced criticism about how a gunman was able to get a clear line of sight to Trump at the rally and multiple leaders called for her resignation
Trump stated that the Biden administration did not properly protect him during the incident
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The article reports on the resignation of Kimberly Cheatle as the director of the US Secret Service following an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The authors provide details about Cheatle's decision to resign and her previous defense to stay in her role. They also mention criticism from political leaders and reactions from Biden and Trump. No formal or informal fallacies were found, but there are a few instances of inflammatory rhetoric used by Trump in his statement.
Trump said the Biden administration 'did not properly protect him' and was 'forced to take a bullet for Democracy.'
Kimberly Cheatle resigned on July 23, 2024 over the Secret Service's failure to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on July 13, 2024
The Secret Service failed to secure a roof that Thomas Crooks used as a sniper's post to shoot at Trump and rally attendees
Secret Service agents allowed Trump to take the stage after receiving a report from local police about a suspicious person, who was later identified as Crooks
Cheatle was criticized for not putting a law enforcement sniper on the roof that Crooks climbed up to while being seen by rally attendees who warned police about what he was doing
The Secret Service incorrectly stated after the shooting that they had not rejected requests from Trump’s campaign for enhanced security
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Kimberly Cheatle resigned on July 23, 2024
Cheatle resigned amid widespread outrage over her agency’s failure to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on July 13, 2024
One man died and two others were critically injured in the shooting
Trump was the target of an Iranian assassination plot, but Crooks has not been linked to Iran
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The author makes an appeal to authority when quoting Rep. James Comer and other committee members who demanded Cheatle's resignation and expressed a lack of confidence in her ability to ensure the Secret Service can meet its protective mission. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the shooting as 'the most serious assassination attempt against a U.S. president in more than 40 years'.
"The Secret Service has a no-fail mission yet it failed historically on Director Cheatle's watch,"
"At yesterday's Oversight Committee hearing, Director Cheatle instilled no confidence that she has the ability to ensure the Secret Service can meet its protective mission,"
'The most serious assassination attempt against a U.S. president in more than 40 years'
The Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Cheatle faced growing calls to resign and several investigations into how a gunman was able to get so close to Trump despite security failures.
The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to get within 135 meters of the stage where Trump was speaking when he opened fire.
A bloodied Trump was quickly escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents, and agency snipers killed the shooter.
One rallygoer was killed, and two others were critically wounded in the shooting.
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Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to get within 135 meters of the stage where Trump was speaking when he opened fire.
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The article contains several instances of inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority. The author uses phrases such as 'most significant operational failure in decades' and 'security lapses' to elicit an emotional response from the reader. Additionally, the author quotes lawmakers calling for investigations and Biden stating that 'what happened that day can never happen again,' which could be seen as an appeal to authority. However, no formal or informal fallacies were identified in the article.
][Cheatle] called the attempt on Trump's life the Secret Service's 'most significant operational failure in decades', but she angered lawmakers by failing to answer specific questions about the investigation.[/]
[Biden] said he would appoint a new director soon, but he did not discuss a timeline.[
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The article does not demonstrate any clear bias towards a specific political ideology, religion, or monetary gain. However, the author uses language that depicts the Secret Service's failure to protect Trump as 'most significant operational failure in decades.' This could be seen as an exaggeration and an attempt to sensationalize the situation.
The most significant operational failure in decades
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on July 22, 2024
Former President Trump was the target of an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024 at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally
Cheatle took full responsibility for the security lapses that allowed the assassination attempt
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One person was killed and two others were severely injured during the incident
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for the Trump rally
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The article contains several instances of appeals to authority and some use of inflammatory rhetoric. However, the authors do not commit any formal logical fallacies in their own assertions. They report on the statements made by others during a hearing and quote directly from those statements without editorialized commentary. Therefore, no formal fallacies were found.
][House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer] said during the hearing,
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The authors express their opinion that Cheatle should have resigned and question her leadership after the security lapse during Trump's rally. They also mention House Republicans calling for her resignation and Comer's statement that 'we question whether anyone is safe' under her leadership.
But Cheatle had defied those calls for days, maintaining she would not tender her resignation, and instead appeared before Congress to answer questions for the American people.
House Republicans, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, had been calling on Cheatle to resign, calling her and the agency under her watch 'the face of incompetence.'
It is my firm belief, Director Cheatle, that you should resign.
