Performing Secret Service director to testify earlier than Senate committees By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The performing director of the U.S. Secret Service will testify earlier than three Senate committees on Tuesday within the aftermath of the tried assassination of former President Donald Trump, the committees introduced on Wednesday.

The deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may even testify earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is holding a listening to in partnership with the Senate Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is sworn in during a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo

Kimberly Cheatle resigned as director of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday after bipartisan calls for to stop over the failure to stop the tried assassination. Ronald L. Rowe, Jr. changed her as performing director.

(This story has been corrected to repair the date in paragraph 1 and alter the identify of the committee in paragraph 2)