Secret Service director takes 'full responsibility' for stunning lapses ahead of Trump assassination attempt
![WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: United Sates Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. The beleaguered leader of the United States Secret Service has vowed cooperation with all investigations into the agency following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. A woman in a blue blazer speaks into a microphone, with a number of people seated behind her.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7271130.1721661590!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/2162409489.jpg)
The director of the Secret Service took responsibility on Monday for staggering security lapses ahead of the assassination attempt on former U.S. president Donald J. Trump, saying the deadly shooting was the agency's 'most significant operational failure' in decades.