LaTurner: In your twenty-seven years of experience, would you have been concerned about an elevated location within a hundred-fifty yards of a protectee that did not have a Secret Service presence? Just based on your experience.

Cheatle: What I can tell you is that every site and every venue is an advanced [inaudible].

LaTurner: Would that have been of concern to you, or would you have agreed that it's fine; it doesn't need to be covered?

Cheatle: What I have explained today-

LaTurner: You're not going to answer.

LaTurner: Is it true that at 5:45 pm, approximately eighteen minutes before President Trump took stage, the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit noticed the shooter on the roof and photographed him?

Cheatle: That is the information that have from the FBI's report, yes.

Fallon: Have you visited the site?

Cheatle: No, I have not.

Fallon: Nine days and you have not visited the site. You should have been there that night.

Fallon: It wasn't the roof that was dangerous, it was the nut job on top of the roof. You know what else is dangerous? I believe your horrifying ineptitude, and your lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace. You obfuscating today is shameful, and you should be fired immediately and go back to guarding Doritos.

Donalds: At what time was Secret Service aware of the active threat against President Trump?

[long pause]

Donalds: Director? What time?

Cheatle: The Secret Service was aware that there was an individual who had been identified as suspicious, and that individual was attempting to be tracked down.

Donalds: At what time?

Cheatle: I don't have a specific timeline.

Donalds: Director, it's been nine days. At what time?

Cheatle: I want to make sure I give you factual information, sir.

Cheatle: I believe at this time that the rooftop was provided overwatch, I acknowledge that we are unaware at this time how the individual was able to access the roof.

Perry: Are you confident that the person in question, Mr. Crooks, was the only person firing that day against the president or the crowd? Is he the only one? I'm not asking you yet if he acted alone, but is he the only one? Can you say that with certainty to the American people?

Cheatle: That is the information I have at this time, yes.

Perry: Does it appear he acted alone?

Cheatle: That's the information we have at this time.

Perry: Was the Crooks vehicle inside any of your perimeters?

Cheatle: No, it was not.

Perry: Was there a device located on Mr. Crooks body to detonate the vehicle?

Cheatle: That is the information that I have.

Perry: So what would be the point of detonating the vehicle if it was not inside the perimeter?

Cheatle: I have no idea what Mr. Crooks motivation was.

Moskowitz: There are over four hundred million guns on the streets, if all of those guns were machine guns, would that make your job harder? To protect people?

Cheatle: I think weapons that are out there-

Moskowitz: If all of those guns were rocket-propelled grenades, would that make your job harder?

Cheatle: Yes sir.

[comparing a semi-automatic AR-15 to machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades is beyond ridiculous]

Timmons: Did the First Lady's event get twelve assets, and Trump's get three? From the Pittsburgh Field Office?

Cheatle: The number of personnel that were allocated to both of those events were comparable to the risk at both of those events.

Timmons: Wow. Really? So you think that the Pittsburgh Casino, four-hundred person ballroom with ingress/egress through; probably a very well-guarded parking garage, was four times more dangerous than a twenty-thousand person rally in an open field with the former president future president? You think that that's four times more dangerous, the casino event?

Cheatle: I didn't say that at all.

Timmons: Well, they got four times the resources from the Pittsburgh Field Office, who was likely in charge of the final walk through for both events.

Burchett. I don't think you should resign, I think you should have been fired. Ma'am, you are a DEI horror story.

Crockett: As a civil rights lawyer, I have learned so many times in having to deal with law enforcement, that there usually is not a perception of a threat when it is a young, white, male, even if they are carrying a long gun, yet a lot of times, at least in this country when it comes to law enforcement, there is a perceived threat just by somebody having a little bit more melanin in their skin

Crockett: The problem with these conspiracies, is that when people believe that, say, the president of the United States ordered a hit, or they believe it was an inside job, or whatever conspiracies they believe because they don't have any facts in front of them, that potentially incites the next level of violence at the next event in retaliation for this.

Marjorie Greene: Do you have a timeline at all, from any of the day?

Cheatle: I have a timeline that does not have specifics.

Marjorie Greene: That's shocking. That is absolutely unacceptable. That means you're a failure at your job.

Cheatle: An individual with a backpack is not a threat. An individual with a rangefinder is not a threat.

Marjorie Greene: Was there a stand-down order, Mrs. Cheatle? Was there a conspiracy to kill President Trump?

Cheatle: Absolutely not.

Pressley: Some republicans have exploited this moment to continue to attack progress towards racial justice and gender equity in America…republicans have wrongfully and shamefully stated that hiring women and necessary diversity , equity and people of color, hindered the response to the shooting. Now this is part and parcel of a republican strategy to constantly attack necessary diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. To undermine the contributions of women, people of color, the disability community, and others make to this country each and every day.

Raskin: We got to act as a congress to protect ourselves against AR-15 violence in America.

McClain: Did they [FBI] share with you how many shell casing were on the roof?

Cheatle: Yes.

McClain: How many were there?

Cheatle: I would refer to the FBI for their investigation, and their information that they need to share in their investigation.

McClain: So they've shared the information with you, you just don't want to share the information with us, correct?

Cheatle: We have concurrent investigations that are going on.

McClain: So they have shared this information with you, you know the answer to the question, you just refuse to answer the question from the member of congress who has subpoenaed you to be here.

Boebert: Have you communicated with anyone at the White House on an encrypted messaging app like Signal?

Cheatle: No, I have not.

Boebert: Are you willing to surrender your personal phone for analysis?

Cheatle: If I am required to do so.

Boebert: I will look into making that request, because I would like to see your personal phone to see if you are communicating over encrypted messaging apps.

Fry; How many other security lapses have occurred with protectees under your watch?

Cheatle: I don't have a specific number, but there have been some lapses…there were individuals who have been reassigned.