Secret Service director flees RNC when confronted by GOP senators about Trump shooting

A woman urges the firing of U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (Photo by Kiira Turnbow)

MILWAUKEE – Republican senators confronted the embattled head of the Secret Service on Wednesday at the Republican National Convention here.

“You owe President Trump answers,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., shouted after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the RNC.

While Cheatle walked through the Fiserv Forum convention center, Blackburn, along with Sens.