AOC Tears Into Secret Service Director Over ‘Not Acceptable’ Investigation Timeline Into Trump Shooting: ‘There Need to Be Answers’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined other lawmakers in tearing into Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump .

Cheatle had tense exchanges with a number of Republicans over the Butler, Pennsylvania rally shooting , but Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez were equally unimpressed with Cheatle’s handling of the situation. Ocasio-Cortez specifically questioned Cheatle needing 60 days to put together a report.

The New York congresswoman said:

What you had just laid out about 60 days, we are currently in the midst of an especially concentrated presidential campaign in the moment…that is also paired with of course elections are happening across the country, they’re happening in about 100 days. So the notion of a report coming out in 60 days when the threat environment is so high in the United States, irrespective of party, is not acceptable. And I think it’s very important to understand that. This is not theater. This is not about jockeying. This is about the safety of some of the most highly targeted and valued targets, internationally and domestically, in the United States of America. So the idea that a report will be finalized in 60 days, let alone prior to any actionable decisions that would be made is simply not acceptable. It has been 10 days since the assassination attempt on a former president of the United States. Regardless of party, there need to be answers.

Ocasio Cortez said the members of the House Oversight Committee are “flying blind” because they can’t get direct answers about the shooting and the security failures that led to the president being struck in the ear and one rally goer fatally wounded.

Towards the end of her time, Ocasio-Cortez questioned whether the report would ultimately answer any questions.

“After a critical security failure, we often hear there will be an independent investigation. That independent investigation gets set up, usually the expectation is between two and three months after the incident and then nothing really occurs from there. The report is usually not satisfactory to the questions being raised,” she said.

The lawmaker also warned Cheatle about other potential political violence.

“The stakes are too high. The violence that could break out in this political moment, regardless of party, in the event of someone getting hurt constitutes a national security threat to the entire country,” she said.

Cheatle assured the committee before the next speaker was recognized that some corrective actions have been taken since the shooting.

“I want to assure you and everyone on this committee that I’m not waiting for a report to take action,” she said. “We have been conducting analysis all along and we have been adding additional features to our security details since this incident occurs.”

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