Secret Service director agrees to testify before Congress

[KARAH RUCKER]

CALLS FROM TOP REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN CONGRESS ARE GROWING FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECRET SERVICE TO STEP DOWN FOLLOWING THIS PAST WEEKEND’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA.

KIMBERLY Cheatle HAS AGREED TO A SUBPOENA ISSUED BY HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JAMES COMER ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY – DEMANDING SHE TESTIFY PUBLICLY NEXT WEEK.

COMER SAYING THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMITTEE.

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON AND SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL ARE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE CALLING FOR CHEATLE TO STEP DOWN. SHE HAS INDICATED SHE HAS NO INTENTION OF DOING SO.

AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT — A GROUP OF GOP SENATORS CONFRONTED the secret service director on the floor — demanding answers and accountability.

WITH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SECRET SERVICE’S PROTOCOLS UNDERWAY – NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING —  ABC NEWS REPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY 20 MINUTES PASSED FROM WHEN SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS FIRST SPOTTED THE GUNMAN ON THE ROOFTOP ON A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE RALLY’S SECURITY ZONE AND THE TIME HE FIRED AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.