US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's attempt to explain the security lapse that opened the way for a would-be assassin left even casual observers infuriated.

Ahead of a congressional briefing on Tuesday and a hearing scheduled for the following week, the head of the agency responsible for the security of the leader of the free world and numerous other high-ranking officials sat down for a interview with ABC News.

While simultaneously trying to take responsibility while avoiding responsibility, Cheatle offered a questionable explanation for why no one was hanged from the roof that the would-be assassin used to open fire on former President Donald Trump and his supporters.

“This particular building has a sloping roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put anybody on a sloped roof,” she. explained Monday to ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas. “And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building from the inside.”

Based on the explanation, CEO and co-founder of The Federalist, Sean Davis, told X: “The Director of the United States Secret Service deliberately allowed the former and future President of the United States to be shot in the expensive because he didn't want a Secret Service agent has to be on a roof with a minimal slope.”

Prison, NOW. Biden's Secret Service director admitted the decision to leave the roof unprotected was deliberate. And his reason is insane. Absolutely crazy.

You can come to no other conclusion than this: Biden's Secret Service and DHS deliberately created every… https://t.co/jCZdlYqQDn

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 16, 2024

Similarly, former USSS agent Dan Bongino, who had led the call for Cheatle's resignation since the tragedy, shot back: “More fools. THEN BLOCK THE LINE OF SIGHT.”

more shit
THEN BLOCK LINE OF SIGHT. https://t.co/3ylWRRdeI2

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 16, 2024

Anyone who has seen the dramatic footage of Butler, Pennsylvania, when the suspect was neutralized by the president's security detail, could easily point out the glaring hole in the director's explanation: “… the snipers who were behind Trump during the rally were on a roof inclined”.

HERE: USSS director Kim Cheatle says the sn*pers weren't on the roof from where Thomas Crooks shot because it was “tilted” and unsafe.

Ironically, the sn*pers who were behind Trump during the rally were on a pitched roof.

“This particular building has a pitched roof on its… pic.twitter.com/Vg36tXr9rJ

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 16, 2024

Cheatle continues to demonstrate that she is not qualified to be the director of the USSS. This is disgraceful and the worst excuse I have ever heard

— James Jinnette (@james_jinnette1) July 16, 2024

This roof is maybe a 2/12 slope. May be. I'm not sure that qualifies as a slope.

This is madness. They did it on purpose, they are lying about why and they are putting everyone's face on it.

Our country was on the brink of a possible civil war, and Biden's security team thinks…

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 16, 2024

Since Saturday, emerging details on the lead-up to the assassination attempt indicated that security had been aware of the suspect's presence nearly 30 minutes before Trump was injured, and that law enforcement officials had seen him no less than three times before that someone was sent to check the roof.

Cheatle also addressed some of those points, explaining to Thomas, “I'm told the shooter was actually identified as a potential suspect. Units began responding to look for that person.”

“Unfortunately, with the rapid succession of how things unfolded, when the individual was finally located, they were on the roof and were able to shoot at the former president,” he said.

Despite stating during the interview that “The buck stops with me” and “This is an event that should never have happened,” the director refused to meet demands that she step down after what widely considered “absolutely catastrophic” failure.

Trump was almost assassinated and absolutely no one is taking responsibility.
This ONLY happens in government.
Only the government does:
1) No one is responsible.
2) It is not his fault.
3) No one is fired.
4) No one is responsible.
And everyone deserves “praise” for that…

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 16, 2024

His boys were LITERALLY on a pitched roof.
We cannot allow these people to get away with another cover. They can't direct investigations into anything to do with Trump. pic.twitter.com/XFLuABxeC3

— TheRightGirl (@TheRightGirl47) July 16, 2024

The twisting of truth and facts seems to be at an epic level when trying to deflect blame for the failure to protect Trump and secure the area.

— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) July 16, 2024

This is absolutely ridiculous, but unfortunately… It's to be expected

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) July 16, 2024

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A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College, where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and seeker of truth, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and dog, and when he's not researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel ·the.

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