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Trump assassination bid: Following the assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 14, Secret Service chief Kimberley Cheatle has been facing calls to resign. Reports mentioned that Jill Biden’s office advocated for Kim Cheatle’s appointment as the Secret Service director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The director called the shooting \u2018unacceptable\u2019, and had said she would not resign, as per US media reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Cheatle is the 27th director of the US Secret Service, and has been in service for two years, from September 2022. Currently, Cheatle leads a team of 7,800 Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement Officers, and Administrative, Professional, and Technical personnel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Before taking leadership of the Secret Service, Cheatle served as Senior Director in Global Security at PepsiCo. She was involved in risk management assessment and risk mitigation strategies at the company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Previously, Cheatle had also served in the US Secret Service for 27 years. She headed 10 operational divisions and the Technical Security Division. As part of this team, she looked after the research, and development of technologies that reduce risks to protectees, protected facilities, and protected events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
While some reports mention that the chief was well-liked by the US First Lady, some other sources have also appreciated her as \u201ca very competent agent,\u201d reported the New York Post<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As Kimberley Cheatle faces scrutiny, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also commented about the chief\u2019s career trajectory, who had earlier worked in Pepsico. \u201cSo before being in charge of protecting the President, she was guarding bags of Cheetos,\u201d wrote Musk, on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n So before being in charge of protecting the President, she was guarding bags of Cheetos \u2026<\/p>\n\n