July 23 (Jowhar.com) – The director of the United States intelligence agency, Kim Cheatle, resigned from her position in the agency after the assassination attempt against the former president of the United States, Donald Trump.
She faced calls from both Democrats and Republicans to resign after a House committee heard the incident on Monday.
Lawmakers were outraged when she refused to answer questions about the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this month.
“As director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in a resignation letter sent to agency staff.
President Joe Biden said in a statement that he is grateful for her decades of service to the community. Mr. Biden said that he will soon appoint a new director.
The president appointed Ms Cheatle to head the intelligence agency – which oversees current and former presidents and other officials – in 2022. She has already served 27 years at the agency. did different jobs.
During her time as a representative, Ms Cheatle was involved in the evacuation of Vice President Dick Cheney from the White House during the attacks of 11 September 2001.
But its leadership has been questioned after the shooting that took place at a Trump rally on July 13, where the former president was shot in the ear.
The attack killed one of the people who were there, while two others were injured.
Witnesses said they saw a man suspected to be Thomas Matthew Crooks with a gun on the roof of a building not far from where the protest was taking place minutes before the shots were fired.
20-year-old Crooks was killed a short time later but the motive behind his attack is not yet known.
The demonstration was attended by officers from various security agencies.
