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10 days ago, former President Donald Trump was attacked at an election rally in Pennsylvania, USA. The bullet fired by the 20-year-old attacker tore through Trump’s right ear. In this incident, a person sitting in the gallery died and others were injured. After this sensational incident, questions were raised on the security system of the US Secret Service. On Tuesday, US Secret Service Chief Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her post. She admitted that she failed to provide security to Trump.
News agency AP has reported that on Tuesday, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned. A day earlier, she had admitted that America’s fastest security agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Let us tell you that Trump narrowly escaped the deadly attack on July 13. The video of this incident also surfaced, in which it could be seen that Trump turned his neck at the right time and the bullet hit his right ear instead of his head. Immediately after this incident, the security personnel killed the attacker on the spot and surrounded Trump and took him to the car and then Trump was treated in the hospital.
We failed to stop the attack on Trump
A day earlier, Secret Service Chief Cheatle had said during the hearing that he failed on July 13 and could not provide security to Donald Trump. Cheatle said that the attack on Trump is the biggest stain on the success achieved by the Secret Service in decades. Let us tell you that both the Republican and Democrat parties had demanded Cheatle’s resignation. On the other hand, Cheatle refused to give specific details about the attack, citing investigations. After which MPs of both the parties were enraged by his statement.
What is the job of the US Secret Service?
The Secret Service of America was started in 1865. It then started working as a branch of the Treasury Department. At that time, its sole job was to prevent counterfeit currency and save the dollar. In 1901, the then President William McKinley was assassinated in New York. After this, the White House assigned a new task to the Secret Service and then this Secret Service started taking care of the security of the President and former Presidents.
