Scalise calls on Secret Service director to step down after Trump shooting

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to step down after Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Trump at his rally.

“I think she should,” Scalise said at a CNN-Politico event at the RNC in Milwaukee, when asked if Cheatle should step down. “I’ve been very disappointed in her lack of candor.”

“You got to take the tough questions,” he added.

The Secret Service has come under intense scrutiny from lawmakers following Saturday’s shooting...