Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers her agency has no radio recordings from the day of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.
On Monday, Cheatle was asked about the security agency’s records-keeping practices by Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C.
“Does the Secret Service routinely record communications between and amongst detail?” Fry said.
“Radio communications?” Cheatle clarified.
“Any communication,” Fry said.
“Email communications are captured as well as text messages. And then depending on the detail, radio communications are recorded,” Cheatle said.
“Does the Secret Service have recorded communications from the July 13th event?” Fry asked.
“We do not have radio communications from that day,” Cheatle said.
The Secret Service director remained defiant before the House Oversight Committee on Monday as members of both parties demanded her resignation following the assassination attempt of the Republican presidential nominee.
“I just don’t think this is partisan,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. “If you have an assassination attempt on the president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign.”
Khanna got Cheatle to agree the recent Trump shooting was “the most serious security lapse since President [Ronald] Reagan was shot in 1981.”
“Well, do you know what Stuart Knight did — he was in charge, at the time, of the Secret Service — do you know what he did?” Khanna asked.
“He remained on duty,” Cheatle said with confidence. The California congressman corrected her.
“He resigned. He
