House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Monday asked Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to produce information and “preserve all documents” related to the deadly Trump campaign rally shooting.
“The Committee seeks clarity regarding the United States Secret Service’s management of resources and personnel related to the July 13, 2024, campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the Republican from Kentucky wrote in a letter to Cheatle.
Among the material sought by the GOP-controlled panel is a complete list of all law enforcement personnel, including Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement, tasked with protecting Donald Trump, the 78-year-old Republican nominee for president, Saturday.
The committee also seeks all audio and video recordings possessed by the Secret Service related to the shooting and any memos or notices Cheatle has issued on the matter.
Comer demanded that the Secret Service director provide the material to the committee by July 18, ahead of her expected July 22 appearance before the panel.
The Republican also asked for “any pre-site survey identifying security concerns and/or mitigation of security concerns and monthly Office of Protective Operations reports”; maps and diagrams of the rally site; text messages and communications between Secret Service and DHS and Secret Service and local law enforcement from Saturday, and any “remote surveillance data” of the rally site that the agency may have obtained from drones, remote cameras and satellites.
Comer directed Cheatle to provide those materials by July 29.
“Lastly, the Oversight Committee requests that Secret Service personnel preserve all documents and communications regarding the Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally for [former] President Trump,” he added.
Earlier Monday, Cheatle vowed to “participate fully” in an independent review ordered by President Biden, as well as the Oversight Committee’s parallel investigation.
Cheatle, 53, is the second woman to lead the presidential protection agency and secured the non-Senate-confirmed role in August 2022 after a three-year stint as senior director of global security at PepsiCo.
Before that, she served 27 years in the Secret Service.
Cheatle has come under fire over Saturday’s shooting, which left Trump wounded, one rally-goer dead and two others injured.
The gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to access a rooftop with a clear sightline to Trump moments before he opened fire.
Crooks was shot and killed by the Secret Service shortly after one of his bullets grazed Trump.
