在……之后暗杀企图关于前总统唐纳德·特朗普，美国特勤局因未能阻止袭击而面临越来越多的审查。
许多批评都针对该机构的负责人金伯利·谢特尔。Cheatle于2022年被美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)任命为该职位，此前他曾担任百事公司全球安全高级总监。
在加入百事公司之前，她已经在特勤局工作了25年以上，包括拜登担任副总统期间的安保工作。
在一个声明拜登在宣布对她的任命时说，他“完全信任”谢特尔。2021年，他授予谢特尔总统军衔奖，表彰他作为高级联邦公务员的“杰出表现”。
拜登说:“当我担任副总统时，金在我的安全小组工作，我们开始信任她的判断和建议。”。“她是一名杰出的执法专业人士，具有非凡的领导才能，在特勤局的关键时刻，她无疑是领导该机构的最佳人选。”
奇特尔是仅有的两位担任特勤局局长的女性之一。此前，她是第一位担任该机构保护行动助理主任的女性。
在2022年接受行业刊物采访时安全杂志奇特尔反思了自己作为一名特工的经历。
“我没有忘记在男性主导的行业取得的成就，”Cheatle说。“我在办公桌上放了一张第一批宣誓入伍的五名女性的照片，我用这张照片提醒自己，这些女性为我创造了机会，我也可以帮助其他人成长和领导。”
据报道，奇特尔1992年毕业于东伊利诺伊大学，获得社会学学士学位新闻公报，她在离开学校之前首先申请了一份特勤局特工的工作。
她认为她的哥哥激励了她的职业道路，她的哥哥曾渴望成为一名州警察，但在1988年的一场车祸中丧生。
“我今天在执法部门工作可能是我哥哥的直接结果，”她告诉新闻公报。
自周六发生枪击事件以来，许多共和党议员要求谢特尔回答有关该机构如何未能阻止袭击的问题，袭击导致一名集会者死亡。得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹和埃隆·马斯克更进一步，要求她辞职。
一些对谢特尔的批评集中在她的女性身份上，一些著名的保守派人士称她为“DEI雇佣”一般来说，女性特工“物理限制”这应该会阻止他们服役。
下周一，谢特尔预计将在共和党领导的众议院监督委员会面前就暗杀企图作证。在宣布听证会的声明中，主席詹姆斯·卡莫说“美国人要求奇特尔给出答案”。
“美国特勤局有一个不失败的任务，但周六一个疯子试图暗杀特朗普总统，杀害了一名无辜的受害者，并伤害了其他人，这一任务失败了，”卡莫说。“我们感谢在枪击事件发生后迅速采取行动保护特朗普总统的勇敢的特勤局特工，以及寻求帮助受害者的美国爱国者，但问题仍然是特朗普总统附近的一个屋顶如何不安全。”
在一个声明周一，谢特尔说，特勤局正在努力了解周六的枪击事件是如何发生的，该机构正在配合调查特勤局围绕该事件的协议。
她说:“特勤局肩负着保护我们民主国家现任和前任领导人的重大责任。”。“我非常认真地对待这一责任，并致力于完成这一使命。”
What to know about Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle
In the wake of theassassination attempton former President Donald Trump, the U.S. Secret Service has faced mounting scrutiny for its failure to prevent the attack.
Much of the criticism has been aimed at the agency's director, Kimberly Cheatle. Cheatle, who was appointed to the role by President Joe Biden in 2022, had previously been the senior director in global security at PepsiCo.
Prior to her time at PepsiCo, she had served with the Secret Service for more than 25 years, including on Biden's security detail while he was vice president.
In astatementannouncing her appointment, Biden said he had "complete trust" in Cheatle, to whom in 2021 he bestowed a Presidential Rank Award, which honors "exceptional performance" as a high-ranking federal civil servant.
"When Kim served on my security detail when I was Vice President, we came to trust her judgement and counsel," Biden said. "She is a distinguished law enforcement professional with exceptional leadership skills, and was easily the best choice to lead the agency at a critical moment for the Secret Service."
Cheatle is one of only two women to ever serve as director of the Secret Service. Previously, she had been the first woman to serve as the agency's assistant director of protective operations.
In a 2022 interview with the trade publicationSecurity Magazine, Cheatle reflected on being a woman in the Secret Service.
"That achievement in a male-dominated industry was not lost on me," Cheatle said. "I kept a photo on my desk of the first five women sworn into the service, and I used that to remind me that these women created opportunities for me and I can help others grow and lead as well."
Cheatle graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in sociology, according to theNews-Gazette, and she first applied for a job as a Secret Service agent before leaving school.
She credited her brother -- who had aspired to be a state trooper but was killed in a car accident in 1988 -- with inspiring her career path.
"I probably am in law enforcement today as a direct result of my brother," she told the News-Gazette.
Since the shooting on Saturday, numerous Republican lawmakers have called for Cheatle to answer questions about how the agency failed to prevent the attack, which left one rallygoer dead. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Elon Musk have taken it a step further, calling for her to resign.
Some of the criticism of Cheatle has focused on her being a woman, with prominent conservatives calling her a"DEI hire"and female Secret Service agents in general as having"physical limitations"that should prevent them from serving.
Next Monday, Cheatle is expected to testify before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee about the assassination attempt. In a statement announcing the hearing, chairman James Comer said "Americans demand answers" from Cheatle.
"The United States Secret Service has a no-fail mission, yet it failed on Saturday when a madman attempted to assassinate President Trump, killed an innocent victim, and harmed others," Comer said. "We are grateful to the brave Secret Service agents who acted quickly to protect President Trump after shots were fired and the American patriots who sought to help victims, but questions remain about how a rooftop within proximity to President Trump was left unsecure."
In astatementMonday, Cheatle said the Secret Service is working to understand how Saturday's shooting took place and that the agency is cooperating with investigations into Secret Service protocol around the incident.
"The Secret Service is tasked with the tremendous responsibility of protecting the current and former leaders of our democracy," she said. "It is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously, and I am committed to fulfilling that mission."
