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US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stated Monday “the buck stops with me” as questions have swirled in regards to the company’s safety preparations following the assassination try on former President Donald Trump Saturday.

Cheatle informed ABC Information on Monday that “the Secret Service is liable for the safety of the previous president” and “the buck stops with me, I’m the director of the Secret Service.” She says she plans to remain on as director.

The director stated the capturing “was unacceptable,” including, “That is an occasion that by no means ought to have occurred.”

When requested what her preliminary response was to the failed try on Trump’s life, Cheatle stated: “Shock after which concern, clearly, for the previous president.”

In her first public remark for the reason that Trump assassination try, Cheatle stated in an announcement earlier Monday the company will “take part totally” in an impartial evaluate ordered by President Joe Biden and can work with Congress on “any oversight motion.”

Cheatle, who was appointed by Biden in 2022, expressed confidence within the company’s safety plan for this week’s Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee and stated adjustments have been made to Trump’s safety element since Saturday.

“The Secret Service is tasked with the great accountability of defending the present and former leaders of our democracy,” Cheatle stated. “It’s a accountability that I take extremely severely, and I’m dedicated to fulfilling that mission.”

Home Oversight Committee Republicans despatched a letter to Cheatle with a brand new collection of doc requests and a discover to protect all paperwork and communications relating to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, because the committee individually investigates the assassination try.

“Time TV”’s Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild contributed to this report.