Missouri senator says Cheatle was not prepared for briefing with lawmakers, ‘it did not go well’

Trump is rushed off the stage after an assassination attempt, left, and Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle. (Getty Images)

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Thursday that U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was not prepared for a briefing with lawmakers on Wednesday, adding, “it did not go well.”

Hawley, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, joined “Your World” host Neil Cavuto on Thursday to discuss the assassination attempt on former President Trump, among other things.

The senator told Cavuto he would recommend the Secret Service overhaul their security procedures to “actually start keeping the president safe,” whether sitting or past.

The comments came after a man was able to climb on top of a roof near a presidential rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he got a clear shot of Trump and nearly assassinated him on Saturday.

Lawmakers met with Cheatle on Wednesday, though according to Hawley, shd did not actually brief them on what happened on Saturday.

“She was present on the call, but didn’t do hardly any briefing. When she did try to answer a question or two, it did not go well,” Hawley said. “She was not well prepared. This needs to be done in public. Bottom line, we need public hearings.”

Based on what he knows now, Hawley said the Secret Service “totally botched this.”

“They did not have appropriate manpower. They did not take appropriate precautions. They allowed that shooter to get up on the roof,”  Hawley said. “They allowed him to take the shot. I mean, this is outrageous. Leadership should be changed.”