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☆ Pennsylvania state police commissioner reveals stunning details about Trump shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A local law enforcement commissioner revealed during a House Homeland Security hearing on Tuesday stunning new details about the security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump, raising more questions for the embattled US Secret Service. Paris told lawmakers about the communications between the Secret Service and local law enforcement who initially spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin. “That is my understanding,” Paris said, adding that the officers went searching with other local officers in the area. State Police then received a call and a text from the ESU about Crooks’ activity that they immediately relayed to Secret Service. State Police “verbally turned right around and gave it to the Secret Service,” Paris said.

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The government’s repeated failure to address what it knew quickly fed suspicions that the silence itself was evidence of a conspiracy. In the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, we are seeing that happen again. Neither the public nor Congress learned much more when Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the Secret Service at the time of the shooting, appeared before a congressional committee on Monday. Ms. Cheatle acknowledged that the shooting at the Trump rally ranked as the agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades. But there was outrage from both Democrats and Republicans at her repeated refusal to answer specific questions about the security failures that contributed to it.

Persons: John F, Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, Donald Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, Cheatle Organizations: Service, Department of Homeland Security, Trump, Republicans

☆ Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns over Trump shooting outrage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty ImagesU.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday following widespread outrage over how her agency failed to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally earlier this month. Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, testified. "The Secret Service has a no-fail mission yet it failed historically on Director Cheatle's watch," said Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the committee's chairman. "At yesterday's Oversight Committee hearing, Director Cheatle instilled no confidence that she has the ability to ensure the Secret Service can meet its protective mission," Comer said.

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CNN —US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has tendered her resignation amid scrutiny of security lapses related to the recent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, sources tell CNN. Biden said a new Secret Service director will appointed soon. “I think I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time,” Cheatle said Monday. “We have to rebuild the American people’s faith and trust in the Secret Service as an agency. Cheatle was appointed by Biden to lead the Secret Service in 2022.

Persons: Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, ” Biden, Cheatle, Biden, “, ” Cheatle, Mike Johnson, ” Johnson, we’ve, Trump Organizations: CNN, Secret, Republican, Service, Trump, Global Security, PepsiCo Locations: Pennsylvania

This aerial photo taken on July 15 shows the site of the Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Here are several issues and problems identified by CNN that could or should have been addressed before the attack on former President Donald Trump. In addition, CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller provided his analysis of some of the issues and their importance. A source told CNN that about 19 minutes before the shooting, law enforcement was trying to locate the shooter, but they could not find him until he was on the roof. Building access not controlled: No one stopped the shooter from reaching the roof of the American Glass Research building.

Persons: Gene J, Donald Trump, John Miller, Shooter, WTAE Organizations: Trump, CNN, Intelligence, United States Secret Service, Service, WTAE, Pennsylvania State Police, American Glass Research Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ Secret Service director admits Trump shooting was agency's 'most significant failure' in decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"The assassination attempt of former President Trump on July 13th is the most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades," Kimberly Cheatle said Monday morning. With an AR-15, he injured Trump's ear, killed attendee Corey Comperatore, and injured two others before a Secret Service countersniper killed him. Cheatle declined to answer substantive questions, citing an "ongoing investigation" from the FBI as well as the Secret Service. Neither the FBI nor the Secret Service have said whether they would make the investigation results public, as the agencies did in the aftermath of the Reagan shooting. AdvertisementThe Secret Service has been criticized for previously denying Trump additional protection at events.

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☆ Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle tells House 'we failed' Trump and others at rally shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told a House panel on Monday that "we failed" to maintain the agency's "solemn mission to protect our nation's leaders" during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13. "We must learn what happened and I will move heaven and earth to ensure an incident like July 13th does not happen again," said Cheatle, who is testifying under subpoena before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. She said, "The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13th is the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades and I am keeping him and his family in my thoughts." "I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family of Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief and a hero, who was killed in this senseless shooting," Cheatle said. "I would also like to acknowledge those who were injured in Butler, Pennsylvania, David Dutch and James Copenhaven, and I wish them a speedy recovery.

Persons: Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, Cheatle, Thomas Crooks, Corey Comperatore, David Dutch, James Copenhaven Organizations: Secret, Service, Republican Locations: Butler Township , Pennsylvania, Butler , Pennsylvania

CNN —US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Before Trump took the stage at the rally, the director said, the Secret Service had been notified “between two and five times” that there was a suspicious person in the area. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna pointed out that the Secret Service director who ran the agency when Reagan was shot eventually resigned from his post. Before Trump took the stage on July 13, the Secret Service had been notified “between two and five times” that there was a suspicious person in the area, Cheatle said. Female agents who were part of Trump’s Secret Service detail were photographed shielding the former president after the failed assassination attempt.

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☆ Secret Service says it denied some Trump requests for more security, walking back previous story
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Secret Service denied some of former President Donald Trump's requests for additional security resources over the past two years, an official with the agency confirmed to NBC News. The Secret Service official said extra security accommodations could not always be made for Trump due to the department's limited resources. "In some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee," Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told NBC News. Last Sunday, he said the assertion that the Secret Service had rebuffed Trump's team's requests for additional security were "absolutely false." In the wake of the attempted assassination of Trump, the Secret Service has been under intense scrutiny.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump's, Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise Organizations: Republican National Convention, Secret Service, NBC News, Service, Trump, Washington Post, NBC Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Trump's Pennsylvania, Trump

☆ Trump shooter surveilled rally site with a DJI-made camera drone just hours before attempted assassination, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, flew a drone over the rally site just hours before he opened fire, according to multiple reports. The Secret Service has already received backlash over its role at the event. The Secret Service had excluded the warehouse from its security zone. Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper. The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, is set to testify before Congress on Monday.

Persons: —, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump, Crooks, Butler, Tim McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Regan, Matt Shoemaker, Mike Johnson, NBC's, Kimberly Cheatle, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Business, NBC News, NBC, Secret Service, WGN, Trump, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Bethel Park , PA, Trump, Chicago

☆ Secret Service says it denied Trump additional resources even as his team complained
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Kristen Holmes | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s security detail had complained they were not being given enough resources and personnel by the Secret Service over the past two years, and the agency acknowledged Saturday it denied some requests. A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement Saturday that the agency has not provided certain resources in the past but has instead provided other security measures including from local partners. The Washington Post and The New York Times reported earlier Saturday that the Secret Service denied previous request from Trump’s security team over the past two years. In response to questions from CNN over whether the Secret Service had denied additional security requests, a spokesperson told CNN the agency makes “modifications” when certain resources are not provided to protectees. “In some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee,” Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, wrote in a statement.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, ” Anthony Guglielmi, ” Guglielmi, Kimberly Cheatle, Mike Johnson, Cheatle Organizations: CNN, Secret Service, Washington Post, The New York Times, Service, Secret, Trump Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Trump, “, Pennsylvania

☆ Secret Service tried to block Trump team request for metal detectors at his son's high school graduation, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The official said that the Secret Service had even tried to deny a request from Trump's team to install metal detectors at his son Barron Trump's high school graduation in May, which the former president attended with his wife, Melania. The official told The Times that the Secret Service had argued that the graduation was not a "political" event before eventually caving in. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi previously said that "there's an untrue assertion that a member of the former president's team requested additional resources and that those were rebuffed." Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper. Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the Secret Service, is set to testify before Congress on Monday.

Persons: —, Barron Trump's, Anthony Guglielmi, Guglielmi, Butler, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Tim McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Mike Johnson, Kimberly Cheatle, Trump Organizations: Service, New York Times, Trump, Business, Times, Secret, The Times, Secret Service, WGN, Department of Homeland Security Locations: New York City, Butler , Pennsylvania, Bethel Park , PA, Chicago

☆ Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on Trump shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Whitney Wild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In the days following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Cheatle has done no press conferences and very few interviews. “We would have never let him go out there if we thought there was a threat to him,” one source present with Trump told CNN. Cheatle is a nearly three-decade veteran of the Secret Service, serving in various field offices and vice presidential details including then-Vice President Joe Biden’s detail. Cheatle left the Secret Service in 2021 as the Assistant Director of the Office of Protective Operations - a role she held when the Secret Service scrambled to protect then-Vice President Mike Pence from rioters on January 6, 2021. “I’m very sorry to reach this conclusion: I have no confidence in the leadership of the United States Secret Service.

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☆ For Trump, an incredible week since escaping death
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Donald Trump may not have changed in the past week, but the presidential race clearly has. ► Watched President Joe Biden be isolated by the growing number of Democrats who worry he can’t beat him. If Biden were to look for inspiration on how to overcome the naysayers, he could find it in Trump. When Democrats win those states, they can win the White House. In the intervening days, CNN has learned that Crooks searched for information on both Trump and Biden, including for details about the Democratic National Convention.

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☆ Secret Service Director Will Testify Before Congress on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Hamed Aleaziz | More About Hamed Aleaziz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly A. Cheatle, will appear before lawmakers for the first time on Monday as scrutiny intensifies over the security failures at the Pennsylvania rally where a gunman tried to kill former President Donald J. Trump, the agency announced on Friday. “The Secret Service is fully accountable for the safety of its protectees. As of Thursday, it was unclear whether Ms. Cheatle would appear before the committee. Regardless, lawmakers on Friday said the hearing would take place Monday as scheduled. “Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle must appear before the House Oversight Committee without delay on Monday, July 22, to answer our many questions and provide the transparency and accountability that Americans deserve and that are at the foundation of our government.”

Persons: Kimberly A, Donald J, Trump, ” Anthony Guglielmi, Cheatle, ”, James R, Comer, Jamie Raskin, Kimberly Cheatle Organizations: Pennsylvania, Department of Homeland Security, Republican Locations: Butler, Pa, Kentucky, Maryland

☆ Secret Service calls right-wing media attacks on female agents ‘baseless’ and ‘disgusting’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US Secret Service pushed back Thursday against recent criticism from right-wing media personalities and lawmakers blaming female agents for security failures during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. In a statement Thursday to CNN, the Secret Service blasted misogynist claims that the female agents were incapable of protecting Trump. Such baseless assertions undermine the professionalism, dedication and expertise of our workforce,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. She is the second female Secret Service director in the agency’s history. Associations that represent women in law enforcement have also reacted to the unfounded attacks on female agents with disappointment and alarm.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Elon Musk, Anthony Guglielmi, Kimberly Cheatle, ” Guglielmi, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Service, Trump, Secret Service, Fox News, Women, Enforcement, International Association of Women Police, National Association of Women

Vance’s Republican National Convention speech capped a night Republicans spent prosecuting what they see as President Joe Biden’s biggest foreign policy failures and their consequences. Republicans used Wednesday night to introduce Vance and his life story to the nation. You owe President Trump answers!” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn shouted at Cheatle, who continued to walk with her head down and ignore the senators’ criticism. Energy security and energy policy are in the governor’s comfort zone and that was on full display Wednesday night. When Trump finally did call Burgum, the former president told Burgum he would not be his running mate.

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are calling for the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle days after a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. FBI Director Christopher Wray, Deputy Director Paul Abbate, as well as Secret Service Deputy Director Ronald Rowe are on the list of briefers. The most critical, perhaps, is why was the roof of a building within 150 yards of Trump was not secured by the Secret Service or local law enforcement. They also want to know why Secret Service snipers on another roof in the area didn't engage the shooter until after Crooks had fired multiple times. I am the director of the Secret Service."

Persons: Mike Johnson, Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, …, Johnson, Steve Scalise, Cheatle, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump, Christopher Wray, Paul Abbate, Ronald Rowe, Crooks, Anthony Guglielmi Organizations: Republican National Convention, WASHINGTON —, Fox News, Trump, Democrats, Lawmakers, Service, ABC News, NBC News, SWAT, Secret, Secret Service Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ Right-wing media figures blame women in Secret Service and ‘DEI’ for security failure in Trump shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But one narrative has quickly taken hold in parts of the right-wing media ecosystem: The security failure was the result of workforce diversity initiatives and women working as Secret Service agents. Matt Walsh, a far-right media personality, wrote a series of posts on the social media platform X assailing the notion of women working as Secret Service agents. “There should not be any women in the Secret Service. “Female agents were also among those guarding Trump’s armored SUV as it prepared to depart the scene,” said Campbell. Associations that represent women in law enforcement reacted to the unfounded attacks on female agents with disappointment and alarm.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, Trump, Matt Walsh, ”, Walsh, Josh Campbell, “, Campbell, Barbara Riggs, Riggs, Elon Musk, Laura Ingraham, ” Riggs, Eric Trump, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Cheatle, Joe Biden’s, ” Cheatle, Cheatle’s, Tim Burchett, Kamala Harris, Dan Ball, Cheatle “, Republican Sen, Ron Johnson, they’ve, CNN’s Whitney Wild Organizations: New, New York CNN, Service, Trump, CNN, Equity, Fox News, PepsiCo, CBS, Tennessee Republican, Republican, Senate Homeland Security, Washington Post, Women, Enforcement, International Association of Women Police, National Association of Women, Research Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Trump, Baltimore

☆ Trump shooting: Secret Service changes story on local SWAT team position
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a press conference at the Secret Service's Chicago Field Office on June 4 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, ahead of the 2024 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. A U.S. Secret Service official on Wednesday said that a local Pennsylvania police SWAT team was actually in another building than the one whose roof was used by a would-be assassin to shoot at former President Donald Trump on Saturday. The Secret Service official's new account contradicts a prior claim by Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle that the 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Crooks, was on top of the building containing the SWAT team near Trump's campaign rally in the town of Butler. Also Wednesday, a source familiar with the shooting probe told NBC that local police saw Crooks with a range finder, which is used to measure shooting distances, and that they had informed the Secret Service they were looking for Crooks with that device before Trump took the stage at the rally. The new disclosures come a day after news that the Secret Service before Saturday's shooting boosted security for Trump when it was told of a plot to kill him by Iran's government.

Persons: Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, Thomas Crooks, Crooks, Trump Organizations: Secret, Office, Democratic, Republican, Pennsylvania, NBC, Service, Trump Locations: Chicago , Illinois, Butler

CNN —Thomas Matthew Crooks visited the Donald Trump rally location twice, his cell phone contained images of both Trump and President Joe Biden, and the would-be assassin’s search history included dates of the Democratic National Convention as well as future Trump events, three US officials told CNN. A US official briefed on the matter, however, later told CNN that investigators believe the account in his name is fake. Secret Service agents killed Crooks after he opened fire. The Secret Service director later offered to answer the senators’ questions at another time and moved to leave. You owe President Trump answers,” Blackburn said as the Secret Service director continued walking.

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CNN —The US Secret Service was “solely responsible” for the implementation and execution of security at the site of Saturday’s rally for former President Donald Trump’s campaign, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told CNN in an interview Tuesday evening. “At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is totally responsible for the design and implementation and the execution of the site,” she told CNN. US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle looks on during a press conference at the Secret Service's Chicago Field Office on June 4. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN asked Cheatle if Trump’s security included a full Secret Service counter-assault team – the agency’s version of a tactical or SWAT team – or if it filled gaps with local law enforcement. Everyone works for the Secret Service never wants to have a day like that,” she said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Kimberly Cheatle, Cheatle, ”, Thomas Matthew Crooks, ” Cheatle, “, Kamil Krzaczynski, Steve Scalise, hasn’t, – Organizations: CNN, Secret, ABC News, Trump, Office, Getty, Department of Homeland Security, ” CNN, Service Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, AFP, Iran

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday released her first statement since the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Saturday. Secret Service personnel on the ground moved quickly during the incident, with our counter sniper team neutralizing the shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to ensure the safety of former president Donald Trump. The incident in Pennsylvania has understandably led to questions about potential updates or changes to the security for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The security plans for National Special Security Events are designed to be flexible. The Secret Service is tasked with the tremendous responsibility of protecting the current and former leaders of our democracy.

Persons: Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, Corey Comperatore, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Biden, Trump’s, ” Organizations: Secret Service, FBI, Republican National Convention, Secret, Federal, National, Service, City Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, The, City of Milwaukee

☆ Secret Service director says agency will participate in assassination attempt investigation amid questions over procedures
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Whitney Wild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“The Secret Service is tasked with the tremendous responsibility of protecting the current and former leaders of our democracy,” Cheatle said. The shooter, identified by authorities as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, also was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene. A source not directly involved but with knowledge of Secret Service operations described possible roaming posts, for example, as part of some operational plans. The Secret Service regularly works with local law enforcement agencies to assist with securing events, as is the case in Milwaukee. Further, the Secret Service utilized two local counter-sniper teams during Trump’s rally, in addition to two Secret Service counter-sniper teams.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, Joe Biden, ” Cheatle, Biden, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Mike Johnson, Alejandro Mayorkas, ” Organizations: CNN, Secret, Republican National Convention, Secret Service, American Glass Research, United States Secret Service, Trump, Service, RNC, Republican, Democratic, DHS, FBI, Senate Homeland Security, Homeland Locations: Milwaukee, USSS

☆ Secret Service director says ‘the buck stops with me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday “the buck stops with me” as questions have swirled about the agency’s security preparations following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday. Cheatle told ABC News on Monday that “the Secret Service is responsible for the protection of the former president” and “the buck stops with me, I am the director of the Secret Service.” She says she plans to stay on as director. “The Secret Service is tasked with the tremendous responsibility of protecting the current and former leaders of our democracy,” Cheatle said. “It is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously, and I am committed to fulfilling that mission.”House Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to Cheatle with a new series of document requests and a notice to preserve all documents and communications regarding Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, as the committee separately investigates the assassination attempt. CNN’s Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild contributed to this report.

Persons: Kimberly Cheatle, Donald Trump, Cheatle, ”, Trump, Joe Biden, ” Cheatle, Biden, Trump’s Butler, Annie Grayer, Whitney Wild Organizations: CNN, Secret, ABC News, Service, “, Republican National Convention Locations: Milwaukee, Trump’s Butler , Pennsylvania

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