Secret Service DEI policies under scrutiny after Trump assassination attempt

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is under fire in the wake of the nearly successful assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump as apparent security failures and responses from some of Trump’s close detail have highlighted Cheatle’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

The shooting and aftermath brought significant questions, including how it was possible a building that seemed like an obvious vantage point for a shooter to have a clear line to Trump was not adequately covered and why Trump’s detail had agents who were significantly smaller in stature than the former president.