He Rescued Trump From One Assassination Attempt. Now He Has to Answer for Another.
In the recent history of the Secret Service, personal relationships with a sitting president have proven reliable propellants up the agency’s ranks. President Joe Biden chose a Secret Service director in 2022 with ties to his family, Kimberly Cheatle, who had grown close to Jill Biden as an agent during Biden’s vice presidency. Cheatle resigned in the weeks after the Butler shooting.