Amid calls to resign, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has blamed a “sloped roof” for not putting a sniper team on the building from where the shooter opened fire in an attempt to ...

Secret Service boss blames ‘sloped roof’ for not putting sniper team on building used by would-be Trump assassin By . Chris Nesi. Published July 16, 2024. Updated July 16, 2024, 3:35 p.m. ET.

Kimberly Cheatle, the Secret Service director, said the “sloped roof” where Thomas Matthew Crooks was positioned on Saturday could have posed a risk to agents. “That building in particular ...