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Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who was in charge of the agency during the assassination attempt on President Trump’s life in Butler, just got her top-level security clearance blocked.
President Trump’s Secret Service Director Sean Curran, who was also on duty that day at the rally in Butler, has decided not to renew Cheatle’s clearance.
Great decision.
UPDATE: Trump Secret Service Director Sean Curran BLOCKS failed former Director Kimberly Cheatle from the Butler, PA disaster from renewing her security clearance, per RCP.
THE RIGHT MOVE. pic.twitter.com/QwUzaa48nb
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 2, 2025
BREAKING: Kimberly Cheatle, former Secret Service Director during the Trump assassination attempt, has been denied renewal of her top-level security clearance.
GOOD
— Ash (@MAGASailor) August 2, 2025
BREAKING: Kimberly Cheatle, former Secret Service Director during the Trump assassination attempt, has been denied renewal of her top-level security clearance.
This move came after officials at the agency were asked about Sen. Ron Johnson objecting to the renewal of Cheatle’s clearance.
Prior to this, it has been standard procedure for all former directors of the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA to keep their security clearance even after leaving the role.
RealClearPolitics reported:
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and previously chaired the full Homeland Security panel, argued that Cheatle should not have her security clearance renewed after her leadership decisions contributed to the agency’s numerous failures surrounding the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Following the security debacle in Butler, the former director of USSS made the right decision to resign,” Johnson told RCP. “I see no reason for her security clearance to be reinstated.”
Asked for comment on Johnson’s opposition, the Secret Service issued a vague statement saying Secret Service Director Sean Curran, a Trump appointee, had decided that “not all former directors” should have their security clearances renewed.
The U.S. Secret Service, along with several top U.S. intelligence agencies including the CIA and FBI, has regularly updated the security clearances for all former directors. Although this practice is a matter of public debate, a Secret Service spokesman told RCP the purpose of the renewals “was so the agency can maintain formal and protected communication, including potentially sensitive and classified matters with former officials.”
“Since appointed, Director Curran has been building a dynamic team of knowledgeable advisors that will help implement his vision for the agency,” the spokesman said. “Additionally, Director Curran has been modernizing the intelligence apparatus within the agency. During that process, he has determined that not all former directors need to have their clearances renewed.”
Cheatle resigned in disgrace after testifying before the House Oversight Committee after Secret Service completely dropped the ball at the Butler rally.
She notoriously dodged questions and blamed the massive security breach on a “sloped roof.”
The Daily Caller noted:
Cheatle resigned in July 2024, one day after testifying before the House Oversight Committee.
Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Judiciary Committee member involved in the joint investigation into the Butler assassination attempt, told RCP that Cheatle’s handling of the incident should permanently disqualify her from holding any security clearance.
“Kim Cheatle disgraced the Secret Service by failing to prevent a horrifying attempt on President Trump’s life,” Blackburn told the outlet.
“Not only did she oversee one of the greatest security failures in our nation’s history, but she also stonewalled congressional oversight and avoided my colleagues and me when we attempted to question her,” she continued. “Under no circumstances should she be allowed to regain her security clearance, and it is shameful she would even try.”
There is absolutely no reason why Kimberly Cheatle should keep her security clearance.
She was a terrible Secret Service director who should have never been hired in the first place.
This is a great step towards holding those responsible for the incompetence of the Secret Service at that Butler, PA rally accountable.
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