Secret Service director ripped for 'unacceptable' response to Trump assassination attempt: 'Mind-boggling'

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A former FBI special agent slammed the director of the Secret Service in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump, warning the response has been "unacceptable."

Fox News contributor Nicole Parker, who served as a special agent for the FBI, ripped Director Kimberly Cheatle for her handling of the attack on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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"Where was she or where was any representative from the United States Secret Service? The initial press conference… that is their site. They should have had a representative there," Parker told Maria Bartiromo on Monday.

Parker said Cheatle took too long to speak after the attack.

"If it is not important enough for her to show her face in light of a… potential assassination. If there is a time for her to come forward, it is now, and it's just radio silence. It's unacceptable."

Cheatle released a statement on Monday in response to Saturday's tragedy writing, "I would like to start by extending my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, as well as those who were injured during this senseless act of violence."

"Secret Service personnel on the ground moved