Fresh humiliation of Secret Service boss who quit after Trump shooting
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Kimberly Cheatle, the former head of the Secret Service who resigned amid controversy after a foiled attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, now faces another setback with her security clearance not being renewed. 

The Secret Service’s decision, first covered by RealClearPolitics, came after strong opposition from Republican politicians, notably Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin. Johnson spearheaded an investigation into the agency’s failures during Trump’s July 2024 event in Butler, Pennsylvania.

‘After the security fiasco in Butler, it was appropriate for the former director to resign,’ stated Johnson. ‘There is no justification to reinstate her security clearance.’

Chosen by then–First Lady Jill Biden in 2022, Cheatle led the agency through what congressional investigators later termed one of the worst security failures in presidential history.

On July 13, 2024, Trump narrowly escaped with a graze wound from a bullet during a shooting incident that resulted in the death of local firefighter Corey Comperatore and injuries to two others.

Cheatle resigned 10 days after the incident, amid significant pressure from lawmakers demanding accountability for the security team’s failure, including not having an officer positioned on the rooftop where the shooter was located. 

The revocation of her clearance is not only a personal humiliation for Cheatle, but also a stark departure from past practice. 

For decades, the Secret Service has routinely renewed security clearances for its former directors, maintaining open channels for consultations on national security issues.

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle who resigned in disgrace following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been told her security clearance will not be renewed

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle who resigned in disgrace following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been told her security clearance will not be renewed

Trump narrowly survived the July 13, 2024, shooting after a bullet grazed his ear, while a local firefighter, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two others were wounded in the chaos

Trump narrowly survived the July 13, 2024, shooting after a bullet grazed his ear, while a local firefighter, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two others were wounded in the chaos

But under new Director Sean Curran, a Trump loyalist and the former head of the president’s protective detail, that tradition has now ended. 

‘Director Curran has been modernizing the intelligence apparatus within the agency,’ a Secret Service spokesperson said. ‘During that process, he has determined that not all former directors will have their clearances renewed.’  

The process to renew Cheatle’s clearance was already underway until RealClearPolitics inquired about Johnson’s objections. Soon after, the agency seemed to reverse course.

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), a Judiciary Committee member who jointly investigated the Butler debacle, offered no sympathy.

‘Kim Cheatle disgraced the Secret Service by failing to prevent a horrifying attempt on President Trump’s life,’ Blackburn said in a statement. 

‘Not only did she oversee one of the greatest security failures in our nation’s history, but she also stonewalled congressional oversight and ran away from my colleagues and me when we confronted her.

‘Under no circumstances should she be allowed to regain her security clearance, and it is shameful she would even try.’ 

On the one-year anniversary of the Butler rally, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), now chair of the Homeland Security Committee, issued a scathing report accusing Cheatle of lying to Congress when she claimed under oath she had not denied requests for increased security for Trump.

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), a Judiciary Committee member who jointly investigated the Butler debacle, offered no sympathy at the stripping of Cheatle's access

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), a Judiciary Committee member who jointly investigated the Butler debacle, offered no sympathy at the stripping of Cheatle’s access 

Under new Secret Service Director Sean Sean Curran, a Trump loyalist and the former head of the president's protective detail, the tradition of allowing security clearances for its former directors has now ended

Under new Secret Service Director Sean Sean Curran, a Trump loyalist and the former head of the president’s protective detail, the tradition of allowing security clearances for its former directors has now ended

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is seen covered by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is seen covered by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania 

On the one-year anniversary of the Butler rally, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), chair of the Homeland Security Committee, issued a scathing report accusing Cheatle of lying to Congress

On the one-year anniversary of the Butler rally, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), chair of the Homeland Security Committee, issued a scathing report accusing Cheatle of lying to Congress

Cheatle, speaking through her attorney, denied the accusation in a rare public statement.

‘Any assertion or implication that I provided misleading testimony is patently false and does a disservice to those men and women on the front lines who have been unfairly disciplined for a team, rather than individual, failure.’ 

And it appears this may not be the last of it. House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer has said a criminal referral is still on the table.

‘If stark evidence of an intentional effort to deceive arises… this Committee will respond,’ an Oversight aide said. 

‘Whether or not Ms. Cheatle’s testimony meets the legal definition of misleading Congress, it’s clear she failed in her mission leading the agency and appropriately resigned.’ 

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released in July, the Secret Service received classified warnings about a possible Iranian threat to Trump 10 days before the Butler rally but that intelligence that was never passed to agents securing the site.

The report, commissioned by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), reinforced suspicions that Cheatle’s office had treated Trump more like a former president than a current presidential candidate, despite clear evidence that he was a high-value target.

The report, commissioned by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), reinforced suspicions that Cheatle's office had treated Trump more like a former president than a current presidential candidate, despite clear evidence that he was a high-value target

The report, commissioned by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), reinforced suspicions that Cheatle’s office had treated Trump more like a former president than a current presidential candidate, despite clear evidence that he was a high-value target

Multiple Secret Service insiders said Cheatle’s team had repeatedly denied Curran’s requests for additional counter-sniper support and other heightened security assets during the 2024 campaign.

Cheatle’s fall is just one part of a much larger shake-up in the US intelligence world under Trump’s second term. 

Within 24 hours of retaking office, the president signed an executive order revoking the clearances of dozens of former intelligence officials including the now-infamous ’51 spies who lied’ who had signed a 2020 letter dismissing the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story as ‘Russian disinformation.’ 

Among those stripped of access: John Brennan, James Clapper, Leon Panetta, Michael Hayden, and John Bolton.

In March, Trump went further, ordering the suspension of clearances for the Democratic-aligned law firm Perkins Coie, which was central to commissioning the now-discredited Steele dossier during the 2016 election. 

A federal judge has since blocked that order, but DOJ lawyers are appealing.

National security attorney Sean Bigley said the revocations reflect a reform that is long-overdue.

‘You have all of these former government bureaucrats, who are continuing to have access to the highest level of classified information… and then they can go and take that continued insider access and make themselves a hot commodity in the private sector or on the cable news circuit,’ Bigley told RCP.

Former White House counterterrorism adviser under Obama John Brennan

Former National Security Advisor to Trump, John Bolton

Former United States Secretary of Defense under Obama Leon Panetta

Former White House counterterrorism adviser under Obama John Brennan, left, Former National Security Advisor to Trump, John Bolton, center, Former United States Secretary of Defense under Obama Leon Panetta have all had their security clearances stripped

‘That’s not what security clearances are supposed to be used for – it’s a fringe benefit that should be pulled.’

Despite Cheatle’s ousting, Trump has publicly taken a more tempered tone toward the Secret Service rank-and-file.

‘They should have had communications with the local police… So there were mistakes made,’ Trump said in an interview last month with Fox News. 

‘But I was satisfied in terms of the bigger plot… And I have great confidence in these people… They had a bad day. And I think they’ll admit that.’

Last month, the agency suffered another embarrassing episode when a Secret Service agent tried to sneak his wife onto an Air Force One flight during Trump’s overseas trip to Scotland.

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