House Speaker Johnson says he’s ready to call on Biden to fire Secret Service director

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo on 'Mornings with Maria' on Thursday that he is ready to call on President Biden to fire Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the U.S. Secret Service. 

“I'm prepared this morning to call on President Biden to fire Director Cheadle. Yesterday I said that she should resign,” Johnson said. “It's clear that she has no intention to do so. But the oversight here, the mistakes, the ineptitude, whatever it is, was inexcusable.  

“We almost lost the life of a former president. And I think there has to be accountability. And it begins at the top. This is ridiculous,” Johnson added. 

Cheatle so far has resisted calls from lawmakers to resign from her position. 

“Continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down. She deeply respects members of Congress and is fiercely committed to transparency in leading the Secret Service through the internal investigation and strengthening the agency through lessons learned in these important internal and external reviews,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement late Wednesday. 

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