Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stated that the Rep. Sheila Jackson was involved with the overseeing the Secret Service plan for Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania was deemed sufficient to protect him from “Iranian assassins.” However, the plan’s failures allowed 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to attempt an attack on Trump.
Later 6 days after the assassination attempt she passed away, according to a reported by CBS she died from pancreatic cancer.
Turner further questioned Cheatle, asking if the security plan was adequate for the specific and generalized threats to Trump’s life from Iran. Cheatle affirmed, “Yes, I do believe it was,” but acknowledged there was a failure in the plan.
Documents submitted to the congressional record before the assassination attempt indicated that Iran was considered a generalized threat against Trump, with a heightened threat reported at the time of the attempt.
When asked if she was the best person to lead the USSS after the attempted assassination, Cheatle responded, “I think that I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time.”