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Cloud: Who is the top-level official who reviews the security plan?
Cheatle: There's a number of people that review security plans…people on the ground, there are supervisors on the detail, there are people at headquarters.
Cloud: Isn't there an individual who signs off on the plan?
Cheaatle: There are multi-layered; there are multiple layers-
Cloud: So there's no accountability.
Cheatle: There is accountability, sir.
Cloud: This is; whether it;s the FBI, or Fauci; it's time after time, after time, these multiple layers of accountability turn into layers of plausible deniability.
Khana: Do you know what Stuart Knight when; he was in charge of the Secret Service [during Reagan shooting]. You know what he did, afterwards?
Cheatle: He remained on duty.
Khana: He resigned.
Mfume: Why was the building, the ARG building, placed outside the perimeter, when clearly it was close enough for someone to launch an attack?
Cheatle: We are looking into all of the details of how the advance was comprised, but I can tell you that there was overwatch on that building, provided that day.
Mfume: By a drone?
Cheatle: I'm not going to get into the specifics of technology or assets that were used in this forum.
Sessions: Have any employees been disciplined for their role in Butler, PA, incident.
Cheatle: No sir, not at this time. I am asking those questions.
Cheatle: On our mission assurance, internal investigation, we are targeting to have that completed within sixty days.
Biggs: Was Mr. Crooks acting alone?
Cheatle: I would have to refer to to the FBI's investigation.
Biggs: Was he just a lone gunman?
Cheatle: I would have to refer you to the FBIs investigation for motive.
Biggs: Was the gun already on the roof, or did the shooter carry the gun up with him?
Cheatle: I do not have that information at this time.
Biggs: When was the last sweep done prior to the rally?
Cheatle: I do not have that information at this time.
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.
Mace: Was this tragedy preventable?
Cheatle: Yes.
Mace: You stated earlier. Secret Service is not political, is that correct?
Cheatle: Yes.
Mace: Would you say leaking your opening statement to Punchbowl News, Politico's Playbook, and Washington Post, several hours before you sent it to this committee, as being political?
Cheatle: I have no idea how my statement got out.
Mace: That's bullshit.
mace: did you leak your statement to the tabloids
cheatle; i have no idea how how that got out
mace: Thats bullshit, here are the recipt
Mace: How many minutes went by between the time law enforcement saw and took photos of Crooks, and the shooting? How many minutes?
Cheatle: I am still verifying timelines.
Mace: Fifty-seven minutes.
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.
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.
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.
That's all I have for now. IRL to do so clip more later maybe.