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Bulletin
Harris also went on the offensive against Trump. Here’s Tuesday’s backlog.
By Matthieu Cullen
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation today after acknowledging that her company failed to adequately defeat Donald Trump in an assassination attempt earlier this month.
His decision to step down was an immediate downfall after nearly 30 years at the agency. But his departure was increasingly expected over the past week, especially after lawmakers from both parties called for his resignation in a debatable hearing on Capitol Hill.
“I was surprised it took so long,” said my colleague David Fahrenthold, who covered the shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Top House Republicans and Democrats said they are forming a bipartisan task force to investigate the shooting. When I asked David about the big questions that remained, he said there were many:
There are still no complete answers as to why the roof used by the shooter was not secured; how the shooter managed to evade police after being classified as a “suspicious person”; and why agents close to Trump were not informed of reports of a man crawling on the roof. There are also several unanswered questions about the shooter himself and his motivations.
“It is clear that the work of the secret facilities is more complicated than before. They are more protective of other people today than they used to, especially during election season, and it’s clear that their resources have been limited,” David told me. “But Butler’s disorders were beyond budget: there was a lack of lucidity and transparency. “
Visual investigation: The Times recreated, in 3D, the lines of sight of three counter-snipers and the possible assassin, showing the merit it had on law enforcement.
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