'Why Was He Allowed To Take The Stage?': Raskin Grills Secret Service Director About Trump Shooting

At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) questioned Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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[@user-ny4xd3cv5b]

She is worthless. At what point is she going to actually investigate what happened?

[@davef.2329]

Never. "Just following orders."

[@katuhstrofik]

that would require her to expose herself for letting it happen. use your head lol.

[@slight1699]

She already knows - she is complicit in the coverup IMO

[@babanikki7828]

@@user-ny4xd3cv5b she was in on the hit , they needed trump out for Biden to win , since trump didn’t die , Biden out of race now , the Democratic Party don’t even care who knows how pathetic they are anymore , everything is just out in open now

[@jackdepalma]

​@@davef.2329sounds like Nurenberg trials. Bragg had Don deny sleeping with Stormy and sending checks from Executive Office to hush the story. Sure. Haha.

[@GoldenFava]

Her unwillingness to resign is disgusting and reprehensible.

[@mikeloper100]

And will come back to her.

[@dbmn7571]

Same as Biden not resigning.

[@dbmn7571]

Same as Biden not resigning.

[@tensecondbuickgn]

Because she will allow a window of opportunity for future attempts. The deep state CANNOT allow Trump to win the election.

[@beebah90]

Yep

[@user-pb2gd7ft6w]

Dude, I work in a warehouse. If I damage a daggum case of eggs I would be required to give a better account of events than this. These DEI hires gotta stop, this women isn’t qualified to work at a 7-12

[@RodCornholio]

Exactly

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Absolutely

[@mpup54]

I would like to review said cracked eggs

[@genieduso7438]

She loves to claim she is taking full accountability as she takes no responsibility!

[@bryanjones8778]

Her words are meaningless.

[@tobiasfunke2011]

Why doesn't someone come right out and ask her if she knows what "responsibility" means?

[@mezmerizer0266]

She thinks all she did was knock a glass of water over.

[@GrampsD63]

It's a coping mechanism

[@lynbryd7791]

Well said.👍🏻

[@robpacyna3511]

NO ACCOUNTABILITY. NO PUNISHMENT. These hearings are a JOKE! NO ONE EVER GETS PUNISHED. Waste of tax payer money. These are just drama theater to 'show' Americans our government 'works'... BAH!

[@ryebeam7437]

Well noted

[@TheBlessedLion]

…welcome IN THE MATRIX…

[@caasquare]

Or doesn't work as is the case most of the time.

[@5thribroarn304]

All I hear at the end is the supposed dislike of AR15s by Americans at the end. This is not true. 1 in 20 Americans own them. This is not dislike. There were other guns at the Rally and more than 1 shooter. This was planned.

[@5thribroarn304]

Everything was copied and sent that was censored. Just saying. Again, the majority of Americans, 1 in 20, have no problems with A..R.. One Fi.ves and actually own them.

[@user-cr7qt1xc2j]

SHE'S NOT ANSWERING ANYTHING !!! FIRE HER !!!

[@dandydon2541]

You got to remember, she works for Alejandro Majorkas. He is her mentor. That explains everything.

[@markd8508]

She has answers when when Rep. Rasinks wants to push his anti-gun questions.

[@deebee4575]

She can only be fired by her boss, who has already said he won't do it.

[@zaccomptonk590]

They know she won't answer, this whole hearing is just for show just like most of the others. It's just a way to get all of you whipped into a frenzy, and it works every time.

[@Butchsiek]

​@deebee4575 she has 2 bosses, one won't fire her and the other can't remembered who he hired.

[@Vaportrail56]

Why does she still have a job, oh wait she works in government,, enough said

[@firestarter105G]

There is no one within the entire Biden administration that is competent.

[@Razgriz85]

She got to resign, which means that she gets to continue to be a leech on the American taxpayer, while someone takes her place and maybe that person will be qualified for the job.

[@gwendolineboutle5620]

This happens across the globe. Money talks loudly.

[@SightsandSounds_PH]

already 9 days since the incident and that's a lot...but still she doesn't know any details... what an incompetent agency!!!

[@Bawbcaht]

You really think that the Secret Service has suddenly become incompetent? They purposely allowed JFK to be shot and ditto with Trump. These are purposeful acts and this woman has no say so over who does what and where. She follows orders, too, and the order on that day was to let Trump get shot at. Quit blaming incompetence. Everything done by "our" government is done with intent and much of it is pure evil.

[@jrg4313]

It isn't incompetence......it is by design and they are being obtuse on purpose

[@doloresmendoza506]

She needs to resign now!!!

[@debragoff2765]

If they fired her and charged her with everything....maybe then she would start singing like a freaking canary and spill the truth about exactly who all was involved and how much money she was paid and who made the contact to her !!!!

[@richardsoutdoorworld5284]

she will not resign because she has to be part of the cover up !

[@rustywilliams1729]

No fired no pension no benefits.

[@Steve-lx4wv]

In my opinion I think that she should be but in jail for awhile for lying under oath

[@pmaint1]

No she needs to be in jail now!

[@jayboo8495]

how the fuck has she not been fired??? like seriously.

[@michelleclarke2590]

Watching from Northern Ireland & totally agree .. I’m just dumbfounded at her lack of knowledge & responsibility. God Bless you all. ☘️❤️🇱🇷

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Nobody is ever held responsible

[@shahartley]

Truth. This isn't even about Trump, but Presidents IN GENERAL. If she can't do her job properly, who is to say this won't happen again.

[@darin7220]

"We have investigated ourselves thoroughly and found no wrongdoing"

[@stjbananas]

Because she is protected by the biggest terror group on Earth, the democrat party

[@babanikki7828]

The secret service sniper was ordered to stand down when he saw the shooter ? Why was that told to him , thankfully he didn’t obey them when the shooter started shooting , still suspicious

[@debrasamaha3896]

He was carrying a rifle HOW WAS HE NOT A TREAT 😳🤦🏼‍♀️😳🤦🏼‍♀️😳🤦🏼‍♀️😳SHE NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED AND HER PENSION ENDED😊

[@erikhaynes5506]

She didn't confirm that. It may have been left on the roof prior to the event.

[@jaytee2642]

Where did you hear that he was carrying a rifle????? All I've heard is that he was carrying a scope, which is not a weapon. He had pre-stashed the gun before the event.

[@tiatopolski59]

The crowd knew he had an AR15 and you did not?

[@mpup54]

there is literally videos of all kinds of things going on ahead of the actual firing. You are telling me NONE of the agents noticed any of this until second before the shots fired? What were they paying attention to, the incoherent ramblings of Donald Trump? Were they that thrown off that they couldnt even do the simplest of observational work?

[@jbsang54]

I would want the names of every person who signed off on that assignment!! She needs to be fired and or go to jail.

[@chhansen9813]

I know of a suspicious person who showed up at the RNC convention the other night, then ran away from Republican Senators while they were expressing their anger top that incompetent person! What was her name?

[@blondelynne9717]

Fire her, omg!

[@deebee4575]

Only Mayorkas can. He has pledged to keep her on. Nothing will come of all these hearings.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

Nine days later, she still has little to no details about what happened. Fire her.

[@jakkimarshall6872]

She gives the phrase " a nine days wonder" a new meaning

[@mpup54]

she is acting like this is something to be concealed, yet she is there for the sole reason to unveil the facts and she acts like she cant tell them. Well now she has resigned, was it worth holding out on the info now? What was going through her head?

[@Thumbsdwn]

They assigned THREE women to Trump’s detail that day, and they almost got what they wanted

[@562mjohnson]

When anyone says "I appreciate the question" in these hearings you know they're about to gaslight you and the person asking the question that they pretend to appreciate.

[@aard9952]

Conspiracy to commit murder. Attempted murder. Treason. She is guilty as sin.

[@Fu.kAUsername]

Incompetent, yes! All of that, no lol

[@Josh-fp2qn]

So when you determined crooks was a threat, why didn’t you get trump off that stage?!

[@chrisbiermeier9609]

You have it all wrong. Crooks was only deemed "suspicious " nothing to see here.

[@rendagolden2496]

@@chrisbiermeier9609 anybody walking, climbing in that area of the grounds should have been stopped and removed. Investigated Period.

[@chrisbiermeier9609]

@rendagolden2496 I totally agree, is your sarcasm detector broken?

[@MisterBlaine102]

Mistakes were made . . . That's all they'll get.

[@TheLaceylou92]

She testified that crooks wasn't deemed a threat until SECONDS before he started shooting 😡

[@ChRONEk1100]

Zero accountability

[@ace-x6m]

Welcome to the government. Trust me

[@chin_chillinthomas56]

He gave her an out on every question. Disgusting.

[@defftlingo4803]

Raskin just couldn't help hisself. Just had to get the scary black gun of AR style defamed.

[@justinbeauchane4786]

And he says assault rifle. What a joker.

[@mezmerizer0266]

The gun didn't come back to him, it came back to his father. It wasn't registered to him. Raskin is also lying here.

[@efroe2392]

I would call Ratskin a worm, but worms are actually useful and not nearly as slimy

[@travieso1ruvalcaba672]

Answer nothing

[@sstephanieboyle5415]

Talk about scripted

[@user-cr7qt1xc2j]

JUST LIKE WRAY !!!

[@improbuslotus]

"are you here in this courtroom?" - "what I can say is, there's a multitude of people in this room"

[@harryfarber6435]

They’re ALL like that

[@carly4513]

"It's only been a couple of hours. I don't yet know if I'm in the room."

[@jbsang54]

What is Trump's family had been on the podium with him!? I can't even go down that road!!!

[@tbaker6938]

“What I can say is” I’m sick and tired of the same response from everyone in the hot seat. They all have the same response. They “won’t get into specifics” yadayadayada. It’s at platform for people to give her a piece of their mind. Nothing more. No questions ever answered. Why bother

[@TeaSpiracy]

Once he went from suspicious to threat of having a gun, why wasnt Trump removed then?

[@fnusecurity5112]

People and even ex FBI/Secret service agents have asked this Question. Why was he allowed on that stage if their was a high risk. That needed to be checked out.

[@BrentCoy]

Criminal negligence charges should be brought forward against either her or whoever was in charge of the protection detail that day. That 10 minutes of a reported threat is damaging to the Secret Service's actions on July 13.

[@albertapatriot3877]

I can’t wait for DJT says you’re fired .

[@ricardovega4737]

9 Days Out and She still don't Know ? WTF ? 😠

[@scaredy-cat]

She must be fired, as incompetent

[@genesullivan3487]

So he was identified as suspicious but no one was ordered to keep eyes on him?

[@wishbone103]

If he was suspicious then why wasn't he investigated???? She just said suspicious people have to be investigated, WTF????

[@idharudhar5985]

If they knew he was suspicious, someone from their team or police should have followed him closely and never let him out of sight while they were doing their investigation to see if he was a threat. 9 days out and she doesn't have answers from within her own team of where the lapse was that caused this horrible incident.. Come on, the whole world is watching this.

[@wictimovgovonca320]

How many suspicious people are flagged at these large events? That definition needs to be clarified.

[@davegaetano7118]

Do the number of shell casings recovered from the famous slanted roof match the number of shots that are heard?

[@us4freedomforever]

When law enforcement looses sight of a 'suspicious ' person, would that not elevate it to a threat?

[@MTG9878]

That coupled with intel Iran had an assassination plan for Trump. Yes definitely!

[@amramhakohen3923]

dropped the ball, picked it up, then fumbled it again...

[@RobertWilliams-wu6pb]

What qualifies her to be the head of Secret Service? Is this an appointed position?

[@jrg4313]

Jill Biden is her personal friend that is what qualifies her

[@HappyBrain-eb6nk]

No more trust Secret Service Fire Her

[@XSUMRANDOX]

Who was the water tower shooter? Why was Hawley not allowed to investigate it?

[@Jayzilla-jr4fr]

Rite Aid does a better job protecting the ChapStick on the shelves. Everything is locked behind cases in my town. Perhaps Pepsi girl can learn from Rite Aid.

[@jupiterho11ow]

Thank you for the question. What I can say is that there was an event on July 13th, 2024.

[@harryfarber6435]

So the problem isn’t the deployment of security assets but rather its the guns fault for being available?

[@TsAdamson228]

I love Raskin's hand fed Q&A !!! Its obfuscation at its most clever and effective. The art of d3ception is the you-S g0v3rnm3nt's gr3at3st skillset. Sham3l3ss!!!

[@TheTL415]

OMG! GIVE THIS MAN AN OSCAR!!! 👏🏅 Jamie acting like he cares is the greatest performance I've ever seen. Better than Bobby De Niro...

[@ghosty426]

She accepts responsibility?? BUT SHE LACKS THE INTEGRITY TO RESIGN

[@KevinConnolly-ob9kp]

Ive worked in the security industry all my life. This woman couldn't secure a hotdog stand

[@tobiasfunke2011]

How about a banana stand? I was told there is money in the banana stand

[@mary.sagi58]

Raskin didn't really seem interested in asking the hard questions, so much as he wanted to go on record as having participated...

[@samlichtensteinthemovie]

This is one of the few times in recent memory Ive seen both parties come together and agree on something lol

[@harryfarber6435]

Why do you think that Joe’s in the basement?😂😂😂

[@pastafazool5951]

I accept responsibility without consequences is what she means.

[@tandiannlewis2491]

Oh stop with the AR 15 crap 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tobiasfunke2011]

So, her Secret Service took 5 days to advance scout the venue, and then a 20 year old was able to find a glaring vulnerability with a friggin drone just hours before the event? This keeps getting worse and worse.

[@kennyporterfield9630]

This lady needs to be at home with her family.100% out of line and 100% out of place.

[@Motherloadrocks]

Jill bidens gal pal,that's how she got the job,another biden screw up

[@kentjohnson3071]

"We're 9 days out" and still don't have answers! 😮

[@geneturk2299]

Why isn't she on her way to jail

[@Renee-kk1hf]

J Raskin 😄👏👏❤️🇺🇸 Thanks for asking the questions.

[@tandiannlewis2491]

9 days out and still have absolutely NO answers for anything? Come on!

[@patriciastutz9301]

She allowed it, she allowed it . She told them to stand down. A man on a roof with a gun at a Trump rally is not a threat... unbelievable idiotic answers 😡

[@billwindsor4224]

@Rep. Jamie Raskin - thank you for asking these realistic and pertinent questions, with your respectful demeanor for this forum of investigation and for your Congressional District. Well done.

[@slorznovitch]

They must not be allowed to investigate themselves.

[@user-co5wt5vt9h]

Follow the money. You can’t mess up this badly without a profit. So sad. :(

[@bartalexander1430]

The guy was on the roof with a long rifle, 150 yards away from the president and 150 or 3030 yards away from the Secret Service snipers and you want to keep this up. You wanna keep this light going

[@rhondadonovan6857]

She’s very hateful person. Fire her now!

[@omarshishani8224]

She will not be fired or charged for her delinquency because her two bosses FJB & FKH are both delinquent

[@johndreger2193]

Dude, what gets me is the fact that she is covering for CORNPOP, raskin n goldman know the truth

[@ab9957]

After 9 days she still can't figure out what exactly went wrong. 1:18 she just admitted that they didn't do their jobs.

[@swgl2245]

They didn't do their jobs because they were told not to.. The bottom line is it was her orders but she refused to take accountability, she knew

[@davegaetano7118]

How many shell casings were recovered from the roof? This is vital information.

[@karlbischoff77]

The “advanced process” of requesting/providing extra security. Advanced process? What is so complicated about asking for or providing extra security?

[@franconly]

To think that she gets paid wealthy to be incompetent

[@soxbearshwks8988]

even the FdemocRATS are going after this person....WOW

[@dakotatheplumber1287]

I cant believe im going to say this but, that's some decent questions from Raskin

[@a.e.bridwell8236]

There are 2 possibilities to how this happened. 1. Gross incompetence as a direct result of a DEI hire of a person unqualified for the position, or 2. It was a coordinated assassination attempt by treasonous people working inside the secrete service and other government agencies. Now to be honest as bad as I want it to be number 1, I'm about 95% sure that it is number 2 and that there was no incompetence that day. I believe they meant to do everything they did wrong on purpose. Just like her refusal to answer simple questions like how many shell casings did they find on that roof, it is all deliberate and it has always been deliberate. They would love for us to believe that it was just incompetence. They would love for us to believe that is was just a lone gunman acting alone. They would love for us to continue being blind to the "Establishment", the "Machine", the "Deep State", or whatever you want to call it. It goes by many names. They must be held accountable or this will never end. Root out the corruption now. I bet if she was on trial for treason for conspiracy to assassinate the president and her life was on the line she'd be a little more willing to answer some questions.

[@carly4513]

I would vote for #1, but I agree with you in that it has to be one or the other.

[@AlwaysPointtheBlame]

Did Raskin actually ask anything about the secret service? I had to skip his opening remarks because it sounded like he completely missed the point of what this was about

[@elizastar1973]

SHe is a complete and utter joke. If our tax dollars pay her salary, then WE demand her to be fired.

[@kennylavay8492]

If Cheatle takes full responsibility then she should step down resign or get fired period.

[@ab9957]

So suspicious is not threatening, and shouldn't be further explored, for Trump or all prez candidates? Quite insulting.

[@D71102]

I accept responsibility... yeah right.. There will be agents who will be held responsible and fired/told/asked to leave... but not her, who accepts responsibility...

[@ahrdee3041]

I accept full responsibility and am going to have an internal investigation to try and figure out how this happened and how to make sure it never happens again .... *caca de toro*

[@Stevehab2]

“If we had known…” That is what you MUST evaluate!

[@marvinjohnson424]

Here we go again. Another wasted day 🙊🙈🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@JJReviews]

9 days is a long time for something like this.

[@Todd-zy6gg]

SHE HAD PREVIOUS NOTICE OF SHOOTER

[@danosborn5377]

Did that really just turn into crying over a gun? What a bum.

[@tonicooper5449]

She can't or won't answer

[@lawrencetortora8703]

How do you accept responsibility, and NO ONE IS FIRED?????

[@teratokomi8731]

She can resign and someone else more competent can take over.

[@MrChrisBarker]

Everyone knows suspicious looking people are usually safe 😂

[@TsAdamson228]

Everyone got footage of him walking around--empty handed--no backpack! Theres no footage of how he got on that roof--with a gun?! Where was the ladder? Did he bring his own ladder or was a ladder provided for him? Same questions about the gun. Nobody got footage of him walking around with his gun or getting on the roof with his gun! How did he get in that roof--with his gun--without anybody filming it?! Where was the gun? Was it on the roof waiting for him? Was it in his invisible backpack with his invisible magic ladder and invisible gun? HOW DID HE GET ON THAT ROOF WITH HIS GUN WITHOUT ANYBODY FILMING HIM DOING IT???

[@TsAdamson228]

But was his visibility deliberate? Meaning a distraction to keep everyone's eyes on him and not the real shooter on tge water tower? Forensic audiologists say there were three separate guns that were fired--not two.

[@sufferedlearnedchanged]

I never thought I'd agree with Prison Mike. But he's asking some dang good questions.

[@edwardelliott5756]

Incredible that Raskin is asking these questions. I expected he'd help cover their butts.

[@AMERFIN]

Hell must have frozen over, because Raskin just asked a real question...😮

[@linjp2773]

Must give credit where credit is due. Unexpected line of questioning by Raskin.

[@Silvereagledude]

When I am in agreement with Raskin, you know the situation is bad

[@EmberRayne21]

At this point get the FBI director in an Oversight Committee hearing since they have all the answers for her department. F’n hell 🙄😑🤦‍♀️

[@rogerschroeder8905]

"My front line laid down their lives to protect the president but I wont lay down my job to protect them because I am the best at what I do".

[@keystrix3704]

She talks like NINE DAYS is a tiny amount of time to find out why someone wasn't looking at a roof.

[@yvettehodge6294]

If it isn't another Cover-up, it's GROSS INCOMPETENCE. In either case, ACCOUNTABILITY IS REQUIRED.

[@debbywoodbeck1105]

Glad to know she WON'T be the one making sure it won't happen again. Too bad she resign before she was FIRED.

[@Kumachanchan]

So you have an ADVANCED TEAM 5 DAYS OUT to SCOUT THE AREA and you don't think the roof is an issue?