Biden announces new head of Secret Service

[Ellipsis]

Source: POLITCO

President Joe Biden has appointed Kimberly Cheatle to be the next director of the Secret Service.

Biden on Wednesday called Cheatle “a distinguished law enforcement professional with exceptional leadership skills,” saying in a statement that she “was easily the best choice to lead the agency at a critical moment for the Secret Service.” In this new role, she will become the second woman to lead the Secret Service, after former President Barack Obama appointed Julia Pierson as the first in 2013.

Cheatle will be taking over at an agency facing a number of issues. On July 13, Congress was notified by Homeland Security’s inspector general that the Secret Service had lost texts related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol while erasing employees’ phones as part of a new protocol. The House select committee investigating the attack then subpoenaed the agency for its records, concerned that federal records laws could have been violated if the messages weren’t preserved.

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari seemed to push back against the increased scrutiny. POLITICO reported at the beginning of August that Cuffari wrote in a work email that “because of the U.S. Attorney General guidelines and quality standards, we cannot always publicly respond to untruths and false information about our work.” He continued: “I am so proud of the resilience I have witnessed in the face of this onslaught of meritless criticism.”

Shortly after, the chair of Jan. 6 committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and Oversight chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) sent a letter saying they had documents that “raise troubling new concerns that your office not only failed to notify Congress for more than a year that critical evidence in this investigation was missing, but your senior staff deliberately chose not to pursue that evidence and then appear to have taken steps to cover up these failures.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/biden-secret-service-kimberly-cheatle-00053638

[StarryNite]

1. Good news!

[liberalla]

31. She was on Biden's security detail when he was VP, and

"he came to trust her judgement and counsel."

More info:
https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/kimberly-cheatle-chosen-as-next-director-of-u-s-secret-service/


I hope this is the best person to clean up the mess!

[patphil]

2. Good! Now replace Cuffari as DHS Inspector General.

[Butterflylady]

11. And get rid of dejoy!

[sprinkleeninow]

16. dejoy go to dehoosegow

[former9thward]

36. How?

[xocetaceans]

37. Tell him he's been appointed US Ambassador to Nambia and that he's in charge of covfefe trade....or

...more seriously:

DeJoy’s Continued Job Security Depends on Biden’s Next Move

Two more members of the Postal Service Board of Governors finish their terms in December. Biden could replace them with members willing to fire the postmaster general.

by David Dayen | August 17, 2022

Perhaps no question inspires more frustration, anger, and genuine disbelief within the Democratic base than “Why is Louis DeJoy still running the U.S. Postal Service?” Postmaster General DeJoy, the former logistics CEO who was appointed during the Trump presidency, has long been criticized for a series of actions that have both degraded the quality of the venerable institution and raised costs. Yet he continues to serve and implement his agenda during Joe Biden’s presidency. Rank-and-file Democrats cannot seem to fathom this.

It is technically true that the decision on whether DeJoy retains his position is not up to the president. The Postal Service Board of Governors, a nine-member collection of directors, is responsible for hiring and firing the postmaster general. Last year, the administration expressed “concerns about the postmaster general’s leadership” and “serious issues with the job he’s doing running the Postal Service,” just two of a host of comments from administration officials about DeJoy. But at that time, press secretary Jen Psaki insisted that “it’s up to the board to make a determination about leadership.”

That was a bit disingenuous. Presidents nominate and the Senate confirms the board members. So there’s only one degree of separation between Biden and the end of the DeJoy era at USPS. The current composition of the board, which includes holdovers from the Trump years, maintains majority support for DeJoy. However, the terms for two DeJoy allies expire in December, and if Biden were to install replacements in those seats who wanted to see DeJoy removed, they would have enough support to do so, according to close observers.

Last week, 83 public-interest groups wrote to the president to ask him to find board members “who will hold the current Postmaster General Louis DeJoy accountable for his destructive leadership and advocate strongly for the expansion of USPS services.” The coalition, known as Save the Post Office, has secured a meeting with the Biden administration to discuss the board situation, the Prospect has learned.

...

https://prospect.org/politics/dejoys-continued-job-security-depends-on-bidens-next-move/

[former9thward]

38. Now its December, 2022?

I remember when there was post and post insisting that Biden would be able to appoint people in December, 2021. He did and nothing changed. The majority of the Board are Biden appointees.

[TigressDem]

39. It's complicated. HE DID appoint replacements for Dec 2021. Their appointments are 7-9 YEARS long.

At the bottom of the Wiki article is a great chart that gives a visual AHA!

Basically, this board is limited by party affiliation and tRump had it stacked as high as possible in his favor before he left. Joe is making corrections as they become available.

EFFECTIVELY, President Biden changed the dynamic by getting rid of Ron Bloom and John Barger because that changes the Chairman to someone who while a Republican isn't a staunch supporter of DeJoy.

AND early 2021 he replaced 3 members, with one of those replacements being someone who USED to be the Deputy Postmaster General and can likely replace DeJoy.

SO with these NEXT two we will tip over from tRump appointees 4 / Post Master DeJoy

TO

Biden appointees 7 plus an Independent Deputy Postmaster General VS De Joy and 2 tRumpies.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_United_States_Postal_Service


Until 2007, each governor was appointed to a nine-year term or to the remainder of the unexpired term of a vacant seat. The terms of the nine appointed governors are staggered, commence after Senate confirmation and expire on December 8 of the year that the term would have ended had the terms been properly synchronized. The board can extend the term of a governor whose term is to expire by one year or until a successor has been confirmed, without Senate confirmation. Governors may be appointed for a second term, with Senate confirmation. No more than five of the nine governors may be of the same political party. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, signed by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006,[5] besides other things, changed the terms of governors appointed after that date from nine to seven years.





Members may serve for one year beyond the expiration of their term or until a successor is confirmed. President Joe Biden nominated former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union Anton Hajjar and voting rights activist Amber McReynolds on February 25, 2021.[17] On March 15, 2021, the nomination of former Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Stroman to the seat vacated by Ellen Williams.[18]

On May 12, 2021, Stroman was confirmed to a term as governor expiring December 8, 2021 in a 69–30 vote.[19] The Senate later confirmed a separate nomination for him to serve a term as governor expiring December 8, 2028.[20] The U.S. Senate invoked cloture for McReynolds May 12, 2021[21] and confirmed her on May 13, 2021.[22] Hajjar was confirmed on May 28, 2021.

On November 19, 2021, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Derek Kan and Dan Tangherlini to replace John M. Barger and Ron A. Bloom, respectively.[23] Both Bloom and Barger are key allies of Louis DeJoy and have terms that expired on Dec. 8, 2021. Bloom was replaced as chairman of the board by Roman Martinez IV on January 12, 2022. [24][25][15]

[former9thward]

42. No, right now the Board is a majority of Biden appointees.

You are claiming that won't happen until Dec. That is wrong. It is a 9 member Board. Biden has appointed 5 of them.

[TigressDem]

53. Did you even look at the chart to see start dates?

JOE BIDEN Appointees --- NOW PAY ATTENTION....

These 3 started June 15, 2021

Anton Hajjar Governor Vice Chairman Democratic Replaced Carolyn L. Gallagher

Amber McReynolds Governor Independent Replaced David C. Williams

Ron Stroman Governor Democratic Replaced Ellen Williams

These 2 started May 20, 2022

Dan Tangherlini Governor Democratic Replaced Ron Bloom
Derek Kan Governor Republican Replaced John McLeod Barger


REMAINDER OF tRump appointees

Robert M. Duncan Governor Republican TERM ENDS: December 8, 2025

Roman Martinez IV Governor Republican TERM ENDS: December 8, 2024
Chairman


Donald L. Moak Governor Democratic TERM ENDS: December 8, 2022

William D. Zollars Governor Republican TERM ENDS: December 8, 2022


NEW BIDEN appointees won't be able to start until the end of the term for the person they are replacing.




BUT WE STILL HAVE 5 to 4 you say.


Louis DeJoy Postmaster General Republican No term limit
75th United States Postmaster General

Douglas Tulino Deputy Postmaster General Independent No term limit
Chief Human Resources Officer of USPS.[28] Replaced vacancy left by Ron Stroman.



IT IS A CLOSE DEAL depending on how DeJoy and Tulino respond.


I don't know what their quorum is on a vote to replace the Postmaster General, but 2 more in December will make it happen.

[former9thward]

56. NOW PAY ATTENTION

The last two are NOT Board members. DeJoy and Tulino. They do not have a vote on who the Postmaster General is. Biden appointees are a 5-4 majority whether you like it or not. That is why we were told on this site, over and over again, that the Biden appointees in December, 2021 would get rid of DeJoy.

[TigressDem]

57. IS it a simple majority vote to remove DeJoy? You know that for a fact?

AND do you know if the appointed will fire DeJoy or not?

Some say Not.


There has to be a balance of DEM and Republican board members so he can't just appoint 9 DEMs and be done with it.

[former9thward]

58. I have posted many times

that I believe the Biden appointees do not have a priority in removing DeJoy. So, no, I not only do not know if the appointed will fire DeJoy, I don't think they will. But I am not the one who has been predicting his imminent removal for 18 months now.

[TigressDem]

60. I wish there WAS some other way to remove him.

He is definately in violation of ethics by having a vested interest in UPS and the things he is doing are ruining the Post Office.

I wonder if We The People could bring a class action lawsuit against him?

[TigressDem]

59. OK any lawyers that can read this US Code, please verify how many need to vote to remove DeJoy?

50% + 1 is a strict definition.... So does that NOT include DeJoy and Deputy Post Master? So 5 votes is required?

AND EVERYONE of the Nine Member Board HAS TO be present AND VOTE.

Is that correct?



https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section205&num=0&edition=prelim


§205. Procedures of the Board of Governors

(a) The Board shall direct and control the expenditures and review the practices and policies of the Postal Service, and perform other functions and duties prescribed by this title.

(b) Vacancies in the Board, as long as there are sufficient members to form a quorum, shall not impair the powers of the Board under this title.

(c) The Board shall act upon majority vote of those members who are present, and any 6 members present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board, except-

(1) that in the appointment or removal of the Postmaster General, and in setting the compensation of the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General, a favorable vote of an absolute majority of the Governors in office shall be required

[xocetaceans]

47. Thanks for the informative reply to that post.

I was searching through the articles at the following link (not a .gov site) for an answer, but had not sorted that out yet:

Government Executive - Postal Service articles

https://www.govexec.com/topic/postal-service/?oref=ge-article-topics

[TigressDem]

54. You are welcome. I found it so helpful, I donated to Wiki realizing how much I rely on it. nt

[SouthernDem4ever]

52. thanks so much for that explanation

[TigressDem]

55. You are welcome. I didn't know so I had to look it up.

It's a tough pill to swallow, though.

That these appointments SHOULD be the kind that are NOT political in terms of acting on behalf of the Post Office and maintaining some semblance of balance between DEM and Republican as well as the Independent presence.

But when the Post Master General wants to DESTROY it, the system wasn't designed to handle that properly.

WHO THOUGHT any idiot would want to destroy the Post Office?

[SouthernDem4ever]

62. I think he has a monetary interest in its destruction

which is why he should have been removed years ago.

[TigressDem]

63. Right, conflict of interest owning stock in UPS.

SO if someone has a demonstrated conflict of interest, why can't We The People bring a group lawsuit against him for using his position to undermine the USPS in order to benefit its competitor UPS which he has a vested interest in advancing against the needs of the Post Office and the National interest?

[xocetaceans]

48. Here is an explanation of what has transpired so far, I think. That's why December 2022 is relevant.

Blog Post | April 27, 2022

Biden’s USPS Nominees Seem Fine With Letting DeJoy Wreck The Post Office

Vishal Shankar


Though President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) into law on April 6th, the chaos at USPS is far from over. Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is pressing ahead with his widely-criticized 10-year agency plan to hike postage rates and lengthen delivery times, and is doubling down on a gas-guzzling anti-union contract for USPS’ next-generation fleet. To deflect from his disastrous leadership and new ethics scandals, DeJoy has even cited the passage of PSRA (which wiped clean nearly $57 billion in USPS’ financial liabilities by repealing a Bush-era mandate requiring the Postal Service to pay into future retiree health benefits) under his tenure as reason to continue serving as Postmaster General (it’s worth noting that, in exchange for DeJoy’s support for PSRA, Democrats and postal unions had to set aside calls to fire him and discard proposals to restrict his political activities).

As we’ve explained before on this blog, DeJoy remains in power because he retains the support of the USPS Board of Governors, who have the sole power to hire and fire him. The recent departures of termed-out board members Ron Bloom and John Barger have left the board with two vacancies, giving Biden a rare opportunity to flip control of the board.

Unfortunately, Biden appears to have squandered this opportunity. After wasting months of valuable Senate floor time, Biden announced last November that he would appoint former Trump official Derek Kan and former Obama official Dan Tangherlini to fill these two vacancies. Based on their professional backgrounds and testimony to the Senate last month, it is unlikely that either Kan or Tangherlini would push to fire DeJoy if confirmed to the board.

Derek Kan: McConnell Ally And Serial Corporate Revolver

Let’s start with the more troubling of the two nominees: Derek Kan. A former high-ranking Trump White House official, Kan immediately stands out as an odd pick by Biden – who pledged during the campaign to “stop Donald Trump from destroying the Postal Service.” His selection of Kan to replace Barger is a gift to Republicans amidst their quiet seizure of independent agencies and ongoing destruction of political norms. Biden would still have been within statutory USPS board partisan balance limits if he’d replaced both Bloom and Barger with Democrats. Worse yet is Kan’s record, which is laden with revolving-door corruption on behalf of America’s worst political actors and corporations.

...

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/bidens-usps-nominees-seem-fine-with-letting-dejoy-wreck-the-post-office/

[former9thward]

49. Yes, I agree.

But there is no evidence anything will change in Dec, 2022. Just more appointments.

[xocetaceans]

50. True. Hopefully, the new appointments in December will shift the balance, and DeJoy will be removed.

However, unfortunately, that remains to be seen and seems to depend entirely on the quality of President Biden's appointments.

DeJoy needs to be removed as soon as possible. (Yesterday wouldn't have been fast enough.)

[Bristlecone]

23. 100% agree. Cuffari must go, now.

[crickets]

28. Absolutely. Cuffari has to go. nt

[NBachers]

3. The entrenched old guard will sabotage her and put themselves back in charge, if they get the chance

Carol Leoning's book Zero Fail details how they did it to other directors who were brought in to straighten the Secret Service out.

I hope Kimberly Cheatle's up to the job she's got ahead of her.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Sounds like the good old boys club pulling together to keep the "little woman" out.

Carol Leonig always seems to have good analyses of situations . I’ll have to read her book.

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. In this case, they're just corrupt and gender

is probably mostly coincidence. She should fire them all immediately.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Who wants to give up drunken orgies on the taxpayer dime?

Free rein, no accountably and show up for work when they feel like it?

[brush]

4. Ok. Some heads had to roll after the text delete scandal.

Last edited Thu Aug 25, 2022, 07:46 PM - Edit history (1)

More to come I suspect.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. The USSS needs to be purged of TFG supporters

[Sky Jewels]

8. As do all of the security and law enforcement agencies.

[NullTuples]

19. As do all agencies.

[Sky Jewels]

24. Yup!

Throw out the trash at all levels!

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Best wishes Madame Director. May you set the ship straight.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. maybe she can clean house of the trump loyalists .

[Leith]

12. Good

It sounds like step 1 to get rid of undesirable and just plain old bad people. It has been going on for too long.

[Handler]

13. That is a great start. Keep going Mr President, there is a big mess to clean up.

[SheltieLover]

14. "Lost texts"? 😱

Glad Joe is kicking ass & taking names!

[ancianita]

15. Great! Our president is paying close attention and knows.

I hope Cheatle takes a structural axe to the SS, increases its hiring, hardens its training, its operations and its made men.

[Joinfortmill]

17. Oh, boy. Joe's gonna ruffle some SS feathers!

[AKwannabe]

18. Now is the time to send in a woman!

Hehe

Good to hear that the SS should be getting a “housecleaning “!

[orangecrush]

20. YES!!!

[TygrBright]

21. She can start by scraping the testosterone off the walls... n/t

[BlueKentuckyGirl]

22. Good Luck to her... She's going to need it

After just reading Carol Leonnig's Book "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service", I'd say she's going to need all the support she can get. The Secret Service is a mess and it doesn't sound like it's going to improve anytime soon. And with the chauvinism that seems to be rampant in the Secret Service, I hope she isn't sabotaged from the get-go.

[FoxNewsSucks]

26. She's got a lot of firing to do.

[usaf-vet]

27. Great news long past time. I hope this start a trend of house cleaning. Tfg cultists need to be.....

.... unseated from seats of power.

It's apparent to this citizen that they all cannot be trusted to protect the CURRENT POTUS.

Even Pence recognized that some serve a different master.

[crickets]

29. Good news. I hope she cleans house, top to bottom. nt

[MontanaMama]

30. Dark Brandon is slaying it.

I’m here for it.

[SunSeeker]

32. Thank you Joe!

[Bayard]

33. This should be interesting

Not that we would hear about any house cleaning.

Good luck, Ms. Cheatle!

[SouthBayDem]

34. Ironic that someone hired to bring back integrity to the agency

has "cheat" in her name. Let's hope she lasts longer than Julia Pierson.

[scipan]

35. Good. Now what about a new IG??? NT

[MadMike47]

40. She'd better get rid of all the Trumpsters right away.

Because, if she doesn't, they will sabotage her efforts starting on Day 1.

[Novara]

43. When does she start?

Can't be soon enough. The article didn't say.

[wryter2000]

44. Thank goodness

Clean out that swamp

[PatrickforB]

45. Good. He needs to clean house, particularly after the

'lost text' debacle...

...or should we call that what it is: TREASON?

Trump tried to make the Secret Service into a sort of Praetorian Guard, or his own Schutzstaffel. Gotta get rid of those holdovers.

[SWBTATTReg]

46. And I hope that they examine the books closely for these / this organization, make sure that

there wasn't any hijinks going on. I don't trust any of tRUMP's appointees. He probably made them all promise him some sort of payoff or such, when he (tRUMP) appointed them.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

61. Fascists loyal to the MAGAt king must be purged from all federal agencies,

to the greatest extent possible.

Zero tolerance for identifiable traitors to our country and our democracy.

President Biden rocks!

[TigressDem]

64. + 10,000 nt