The head of the Secret Service has resigned after a failed assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump.
Kimberly Cheatle told staff in an email that she would be stepping down from her role as director on Tuesday.
It comes after she had faced calls to quit over the agency’s handling of the former president’s security protocols at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month.
Trump, 78, was the target of the gunman – Thomas Matthew Crooks – and suffered an injury to his right ear.
The attack left one person dead and a further two seriously injured.
More to follow…
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