Secret Service will not renew former director Kim Cheatle's security clearance

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will not have her top-level security clearance renewed, the agency said.

This comes after Cheatle resigned last year amid mounting scrutiny over security lapses that led to the assassination attempt against then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Trump survived an assassination attempt during the July 13, 2024, rally, suffering an injury to his ear after a bullet grazed him, while audience member Corey Comperatore was killed and two others in the crowd were wounded. A Secret Service sniper fatally shot the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who had climbed to the top of a nearby building.

The Secret Service, as well as several top U.S. intelligence agencies, including t...