‘Biden Needs To Fire You’: GOP Rep Tells Secret Service Director She Would’ve ‘Looked Culpable’ If Trump Had Died

Republican Ohio Rep. Mike Turner on Monday told Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle she would have seemed “culpable” if former President Donald Trump had died in the recent assassination attempt against him.

A 20-year-old named Thomas Michael Crooks got within rifle range of Trump by climbing to the roof of a building near his rally, killing of former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore and injuring two rally attendees, 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver. During an Oversight hearing Monday, Turner told Cheatle that President Joe Biden should fire her because of the failures that led to the tragic incident that Trump survived with an injury to his ear.

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“Have you read or been briefed about the intelligence of the specific recent threat to Donald Trump from Iran?” Turner asked, to which Cheatle answered affirmatively.

“ Wray, when we were getting our briefing, indicated that he thought the threat assessment should have included this threat from Iran,” Turner continued. “Is it your testimony today that the threat assessment, since you’ve read this intelligence, was sufficient to protect them from this threat from Iran?”

After Turner pressed Cheatle on the adequacy of the threat assessment twice more, Cheatle said, “I believe it was.”

U.S. authorities reportedly were aware of an alleged Iranian plot