“For the Butler rally, I actually did direct additional assets to be provided, particularly in the form of agency countersnipers,” Ms. Cheatle said in a statement.

Multiple investigations have detailed the breakdowns that occurred a year ago during the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

A “cascade of preventable failures” within the US Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report r...