Watch Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle squirm as she is brutally grilled in Congress over Trump shooting security failure

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle enraged lawmakers Monday arsenic she awkwardly danced astir questions from Congress trying to explicate really a 20-year-old was capable to sprout Donald Trump. 

Thomas Crooks, 20, climbed to nan tile of a building astir 140 yards distant from nan shape of a Trump rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, connected July 13 earlier opening fire, shooting nan erstwhile president and others, leaving 1 dead.

The calamity has thrust Cheatle into nan basking spot complete really specified an oversight, starring to nan near-death of a erstwhile president and existent statesmanlike candidate, could hap nether her watch.

On Monday morning, Cheatle testified earlier nan House Oversight Committee that her agency is still actively investigating nan assassination effort connected Trump that occurred 9 days ago, and frankincense she is incapable to reply galore questions. 

This earned her nan scorn of Republicans and Democrats who peppered her pinch requests that she resign and uncover much astir nan agency's historical failure. 

But she stonewalled them, providing hardly immoderate further specifications into nan shooting while receiving a achy lingua lashing from nan lawmakers. 

'You cannot spell starring a Secret Service agency erstwhile location is an assassination effort connected a statesmanlike candidate!' and incredulous Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told Cheatle during his questioning.  

'I believe, Director Cheatle, that you should resign. I deliberation location are colleagues connected some sides of nan aisle that judge that and I dream you'll see it.'

During nan interaction, Cheatle softly fiddled pinch a penning utensil, maintained a somber expression, occasionally looked down and past backmost up astatine nan lawmaker addressing her. 

She many times avoided answering questions by invoking really 'we're conscionable 9 days retired from this incident and location is still an ongoing investigation.' 

Possibly astir disappointing to nan lawmakers was Cheatle's reply to really agelong nan American group must hold to person answers connected nan assassination effort connected Trump.

She said that nan agency expects to person answers for lawmakers wrong '60 days.' 

This reply was truthful horrendous that it brought together 2 lawmakers connected adjacent ideological opposites - Squad Leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and blimpish firebrand Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. - together successful a uncommon statement . 

They called nan 60 time hold play unacceptable. 

'You're not making this easy for us,' Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, said successful an exasperated manner aft Cheatle refused to disclose figures related to nan investigation.