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of its impeachment against her for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. 
ARTICLE I: DERELICTION OF DUTY 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 
and that civil Officers of the United States, including the 
Director of the Secret Service, ‘‘shall be removed from Of-
fice on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, 
Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In her 
conduct as Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly 
Cheatle has negligently failed to uphold the agency’s mis-
sion and statutory charge to ‘‘ensure the safety and secu-
rity’’ of ‘‘protectees, key locations, and events of national 
significance’’. Under section 3056 of title 18, United 
States Code, the Secret Service is tasked with providing 
protection to former Presidents as well as ‘‘major Presi-
dential candidates’’. 
On July 13, 2024, President Donald Trump, a 
former President and a ‘‘major Presidential candidate’’ 
under the statutory definition, was the target of an assas-
sination attempt at a speech in Butler, Pennsylvania. By 
Providence alone, President Trump survived the attempt 
on his life while being grazed by a bullet that injured his 
ear. Tragically, a rally attendee, Corey Comperatore, was 
fatally struck by a bullet in the attack. 
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The attacker was able to access the roof of a building 
approximately 130 yards away with an unobstructed line 
of sight to President Trump on the event stage. He then 
fired multiple rounds aimed at President Trump before 
being neutralized by counter snipers. 
In a media interview, Director Cheatle noted that nei-
ther Secret Service personnel nor local law enforcement 
secured the roof of the building due to a slight slope at 
the roof’s apex. She stated, ‘‘That building in particular 
has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, 
there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that 
we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. 
And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the 
building, from inside.’’. Due to this failure, the shooter 
was able to access the roof unimpeded by personnel 
charged with site security. Director Cheatle also stated in 
the interview that ‘‘the buck stops with me’’. 
Despite initial denials, Secret Service leadership re-
portedly denied requests for enhanced security for Presi-
dent Trump repeatedly over the past two years. Reports 
indicate that senior officials rejected several requests for 
additional agents, magnetometers, and counter snipers for 
outdoor events. 
Under Director Cheatle’s leadership, the United 
States Secret Service has turned its focus away from solely 
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providing the best protection services possible for 
protectees to meet arbitrarily set diversity hiring quotas. 
While already facing significant hiring and retention chal-
lenges, the Director established a goal for 30 percent of 
all recruits to be female by 2030. While the mission of 
the agency is to provide protection to its protectees, Direc-
tor Cheatle chose to focus on the gender of recruits instead 
of their fitness for the job. 
Through these actions, Director Cheatle has dem-
onstrated a neglect for her duty to lead the Secret Service 
in a manner that provides effective protection to 
protectees, including President Donald Trump. 
Wherefore, Kimberly A. Cheatle, by such conduct, 
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office 
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 
trust, or profit under the United States. 
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