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Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:06am On Jul 18
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Disgraced Secret Service Chief Kim Cheatle Announces She Will Not Resign in Jaw-Dropping Interview
By Joe Saunders | July 16, 2024 at 7:16am

At a time when her agency is in disgrace after the very-nearly successful attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle is apparently shameless.

In an interview with ABC News broadcast Monday — that can only be described as jaw-dropping — the veteran Secret Service agent and former head of global security for Pepsico made clear two things that most Americans should find disconcerting.

The first is that she apparently had no problem with the fact that a suspicious individual had been spotted on a roof just outside the Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, roughly a half-hour before Saturday’s the shooting, yet the individual was not located until after shots were actually fired.

The second is that she has no plans to resign her position.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaFdYiBxJn0

In a government where accountability mattered, the first statement would be inconceivable. The head of the agency charged with security for presidents and presidential candidates would be outraged at the news that a potential killer had been spotted in exactly the kind of spot an assassin would choose, had been photographed, but had not been found before nearly succeeding in his mission.

And in a world where accountability mattered, the second statement would be moot — Cheatle would have been gone by now.

In the interview with Pierre Thomas, ABC’s chief justice correspondent, Cheatle was big enough to acknowledge that the horrific events of Saturday — a shooting that left one man dead, two critically injured and almost ended the life of potentially the next president of the United States — were "unacceptable."

Yet she was brazen enough to defend her agency’s performance.

According to WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, an eight-member team of emergency services snipers and spotters from neighboring Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was assigned to the rally.

One of its members actually photographed a suspicious man on aroof near the rally, though the report did not specify which roof, and called in the sighting.

That photo was taken at 5:45 p.m., according to WPXI, which reported that sources had confirmed the man was the now-deceased gunman Thomas Crooks, though it was not clear whether he had a gun with him at the time.

According to a timeline published by CNN, Trump took the stage at 6:05 p.m. shots rang out at 6:11 p.m.

So, 26 minutes elapsed between when a suspicious individual was spotted and when that individual tried to murder a once-and-perhaps future president. And what does the director of the agency charged with protecting Trump’s life have to say?

Related: Crooks Family Neighbor Reveals Big Change That Happened to Home Before Shooting
“I don’t have all the details yet, but it was a very short period of time,” she told Thomas, according to ABC.

“Seeking that person out, finding them, identifying them, and eventually neutralizing them took place in a very short period of time, and it makes it very difficult.”

Of course, it’s difficult. No adult expects the Secret Service to be superheroes.

But the thing is, the Secret Service — including Kimberly Cheatle — gets paid to do things like monitor political rallies, identify suspicious individuals and stop them before they commit murder.

That means assessing where threats are likely to arise — say, high points like roofs where an individual hoping to get off a kill shot might place himself — and making sure those areas are covered.

In this case, according to WPXI, local law enforcement had spotted such an individual on a roof — even taking a picture of him in the process. The fact that a roof that would have a line of sight on the stage had been left unguarded had to have made finding the individual a lot more difficult.

Somewhere in her dissembling heart, Cheatle has to know that. The woman spent 27 years with the Secret Service before leaving the agency for a new title — and probably much bigger money — with Pepsico, where she served from 2019 to 2022.

She sounded like she knew what she was talking about when she told Thomas that Saturday’s assassination attempt was “obviously a situation that as a Secret Service agent, no one ever wants to occur in their career.”

No, no self-respecting security professional would want to be part of an operation where the principal protectee is saved from a brutal death by sheer chance — or the hand of God.

And the individual who was in charge of such an operation — an operation that disgraced the Secret Service and embarrassed the nation in front of the whole world — should have the decency to accept responsibility for a shocking failure, and at least offer a resignation over it.

(She could have at least taken the chance. President Joe Biden probably wouldn’t have accepted it anyway.)

“The buck stops with me,” Cheatle told Thomas.

But her actions — or lack of actions — speak much, much louder than her words.

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Will the Biden administration ever fire Kim Cheatle?
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by thesicilian: 4:27am On Jul 18
She'll be sacked when Trump becomes president. That's for sure.

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by caye(m): 5:20am On Jul 18
" The chickens...are coming home to roost" - Malcolm X.

Note that statement, Olaadegbu.
The empire of lies is on a free fall.


If:
- Trump himself didn't plan this assassination ( you can't trust white ppl), then the shadow govt of the CIA and other agencies, headed by different " families" for over 50-80 yrs [ kindly note this particular word] , are trying to take him out.

Why?

Em... Ukraine. As an example.
Trump wants no part of the Ukrainian genocide ( by the Nazis - Zionists collaborations) against the Moscovites.

He believes that these madmen are throwing white ppls into a future WW3, in order to build a new world order, where they become almost like gods.

If it were Gaza or Congo, Trump has no problem: let the genocide continue. But whitest Europe? Noooo.
Can't be allowed.
But the madmen and mad women of european- descent ( including the Khazars , who call themselves Jews: liars) have gone past the borders of sanity. They are prepared having built underground bunkers.
Truly, seems the world is going back to the 1000s: the European dark ages.
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:22am On Jul 18
The Media Did It
Tom Stiglich July 17, 2024



The Biden administration, Democrats, and their reliably partisan puppets in the media have been calling Trump the most dangerous thing since Hitler. "A danger to Democracy," “A threat to democracy," "Hitler," "fascist," "dictator"…

They made their flawed case and a troubled young man believed their BS.

That's why.
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:38am On Jul 18
caye:


" The chickens...are coming home to roost" - Malcolm X.

Note that statement, Olaadegbu.
The empire of lies is on a free fall.


If:
- Trump himself didn't plan this assassination ( you can't trust white ppl), then the shadow govt of the CIA and other agencies, headed by different " families" for over 50-80 yrs [ kindly note this particular word] , are trying to take him out.

Why?

Em... Ukraine. As an example.
Trump wants no part of the Ukrainian genocide ( by the Nazis - Zionists collaborations) against the Moscovites.

He believes that these madmen are throwing white ppls into a future WW3, in order to build a new world order, where they become almost like gods.

If it were Gaza or Congo, Trump has no problem: let the genocide continue. But whitest Europe? Noooo.
Can't be allowed.
But the madmen and mad women of european- descent ( including the Khazars , who call themselves Jews: liars) have gone past the borders of sanity. They are prepared having built underground bunkers.
Truly, seems the world is going back to the 1000s: the European dark ages.

Can't you see how ridiculous your conspiracy theory sounds? Would you plan your own assassination with bullets grazing your ear? The world is more than just black and white.

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:01am On Jul 18
Scary...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:12am On Jul 18
The Woke Vote...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by NSNO(m): 7:28am On Jul 18
OLAADEGBU:
The Media Did It
Tom Stiglich July 17, 2024



The Biden administration, Democrats, and their reliably partisan puppets in the media have been calling Trump the most dangerous thing since Hitler. "A danger to Democracy," “A threat to democracy," "Hitler," "fascist," "dictator"…

They made their flawed case and a troubled young man believed their BS.

That's why.
But the young man is a registered republican and is known as a die-hard conservative.
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:29am On Jul 18
NSNO:


But the young man is a registered republican and is known as a die-hard conservative.

And he donated to the Democrat Party. undecided
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:30am On Jul 18
The Woke Vote...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:12pm On Jul 18
This is absolutely terrifying. Read more: https://trib.al/EAkGTS3

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:57pm On Jul 18
Let us lower the temperature...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:34pm On Jul 18
Violent Rhetorics And Bullets….

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:28am On Jul 19
What do you mean he missed? undecided

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:43am On Jul 19
Nothing to See Here
Tom Stiglich July 18, 2024



Cheatle's refusal to resign will be short-lived. The Secret Service knew about Crooks (the assassin) a full hour before he fired a single shot. There were four counter-sniper teams at the rally.

The two most glaring problems are that the Secret Service designated Crook’s rooftop as an issue DAYS before the event and didn’t put anyone up there. They say the roof was slanted so it wasn’t safe. Crooks thought it worked just fine. And that they identified a threat 60 minutes before the shooting and did not keep Trump from going on stage.

The service is inept and made so by a culture that allows it. The USSS must be led by a hardcore badass who does NOT tolerate failure. The current director is too soft for the job and she just proved it.

Cheatle must go.

Commentary by Editor-in-Chief R. Mitchell. Editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:43am On Jul 19
Here's To Missing You
A.F. BRANCO on July 18, 2024 at 5:00 am

Sorry He Missed


A.F. Branco Cartoon – Too many in the media, the Deep State, and Washington D.C. are sorry that the shooter missed their target, Donald Trump. Read More…
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:20am On Jul 19
'WHY WOULD SHE?': House Speaker Mike Johnson has questions after the Secret Service director made the decision to appear at the RNC, despite being under "so much scrutiny." His full remarks: https://trib.al/euBnzI3

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:31pm On Jul 19
Haunting new images show Trump shooter scoping out the grounds

It's absolutely terrifying.

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:08pm On Jul 21
Drive-By Assault Media
A.F. BRANCO on July 19, 2024 at 5:00 am

Drive By Media Rhetoric


A.F. Branco Cartoon – Many feel the Media's years of flaming rhetoric against Donald Trump is mostly to blame for the violent attack on the former President.

Read More…
Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:51pm On Jul 22
ANSWERING TO AMERICANS: Secret Service Director bluntly admits failures in Trump assassination bid security, taking "full responsibility." Watch Kimberly Cheatle face tough questions at today's hearing, starting at 10 am EST on FOX News Channel.

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:14pm On Jul 23
Secret Service Director Cheatle resigns after mounting pressure in wake of Trump assassination attempt

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is stepping down after widespread calls by lawmakers for her to resign following the attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13, sources told NBC News.

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:18pm On Jul 23
Kimberly ‘Stonewall’ Cheatle...
Cartoon published 22/07/2024



Stonewalling with Kimberly Cheatle. Kimberly Cheatle is the director of the US Secret Service and she’s the ...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:19pm On Jul 23
We Failed...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:45pm On Jul 24
Cheatle encounters a sloped roof

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:00am On Jul 29
'GRATEFUL': Families of the surviving Trump rally shooting victims thank the community for support. Both injured men are recovering, with prayers for a swift recovery for all affected, including former President Trump. https://trib.al/9uFo295

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:54pm On Aug 02
Secret Service Blame Game...
Cartoon published 31/07/2024



The Secret Service Blame Game. The Secret Service was politicized under the Obama and Biden ...

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Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:45pm On Aug 02
'WE FELL SHORT': Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe apologized in a highly anticipated press conference Friday for the near-assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, and vowed to make sure a failure like the one that occurred that day "does not happen again." https://trib.al/8PaOISC

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:23am On Aug 03
'KINGS OF COVER-UP': One veteran Secret Service agent is calling for agency leaders to be fired. Everything the former agent had to say: https://trib.al/zLnBS5N

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:39am On Aug 11
TOUGH QUESTIONS: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is laying out questions the Secret Service must answer about bombshell bodycam footage from the Trump assassination. https://trib.al/ZbfLzvD

Re: Secret Service Chief Announces She Will Not Resign In Jaw-dropping Interview by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:52pm On Oct 02
Requests Denied
A.F. BRANCO on September 27, 2024 at 5:00 am

Secret Service vs Trump


A.F. Branco Cartoon – Why all the holes in the Secret Service security around Trump? Is the SS leadership willing accomplices in the effort to remove Trump by any means possible? The Secret Service on the ground protecting Trump has been calling for beefed-up resources and manpower but has fallen on deaf and blind leadership despite numerous threats directed at Trump. In fact, S.S. leadership patted themselves on the back and gave themselves a raise.

Deep State Leak: Secret Service Can’t Guarantee it Can Prevent More Assassination Attempts Against Trump
By Cristina Laila – The Gateway Pundit – Sept 17, 2024

The Deep State is preparing the public just to accept that there will be more assassination attempts against Trump.
The Secret Service cannot guarantee that it can prevent more shooting assassination attempts against Trump according to an intel leak to i News.

Shots were fired at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm as the former president was playing a round of golf with real estate investor Steve Witkoff.

Would-be assassin Ryan Routh set up a sniper’s nest in the shrubbery outside the perimeter of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach.

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