The Pennsylvania congressman Brendan Boyle has become the first Democrat to call for the director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, to resign as more security lapses that may have contributed to the near-assassination of Donald Trump on 13 July continue coming to light.
In a statement issued after the Washington Post reported on Saturday that the presidential protection agency had for two years denied Trump requests for additional security, Boyle said he had “no confidence” in the Secret Service leadership.
