‘Security Lapses’: Comer Hits Secret Service Director With Subpoena Following Trump Assassination Attempt

Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight Committee issued U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle a subpoena on Wednesday after a failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Comer subpoenaed Cheatle to appear in a House Oversight Committee hearing on July 22 to answer questions regarding the attempted assassination on Trump on July 13 during a Pennsylvania rally. The attempted assassination has since raised many questions about the competence of the U.S. Secret Service and the failures that took place that allowed 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to take aim at a former president from a rooftop positioned just 130 yards away.

“The lack of transparency and failure to cooperate with the Committee on this pressing matter by both DHS and the Secret Service further calls into question your ability to lead the Secret Service and necessitates the attached subpoena compelling your appearance before the Oversight Committee,” the subpoena reads.

“The Department has responded to the Committee and relayed that Director Cheatle welcomes the opportunity to testify,” A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “This is in addition to the ongoing briefings being provided by Secret Service and law enforcement partners to Congress.”