Another Unbelievable Development in the Trump Assassination Attempt Just Dropped
It keeps getting worse. As the Secret Service stonewalls the media and elected lawmakers regarding the glaring security breaches at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Fox News is reporting that federal agents knew there was a threat to the former president’s life ten minutes before he took the stage. They still allowed him to proceed with the rally and had identified the shooter an hour before the attack because he was spotted with a rangefinder by authorities. Former President Donald Trump barely escaped an assassination attempt on July 13, where a bullet grazed his right ear, missing a fatal headshot by millimeters.
🚨#BREAKING: According to Fox News, the Secret Service was aware of a threat about 10 minutes before Trump walked on stage and still let him proceed. Additionally, the shooter was identified over an hour before the shooting as suspicious because he was seen with a rangefinder and… pic.twitter.com/33xG82USXx
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 17, 2024
TRAUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT | LATEST:
– Thomas Crooks visited site of rally day before event, per NBC
– Was photographed 62 minutes before shooting
– SS counter-snipers spotted him 20 minutes before attack
– Cell phone depicted livestream of rally, per NBC
– Still no motive pic.twitter.com/ZxqRDGsMS3
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 17, 2024
I just got off a briefing with the Secret Service and FBI. I am appalled to learn that the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to President Trump walking on stage.
I have no confidence in the leadership of Director Cheatle and believe it is in the best interest of our…
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 17, 2024
The agency has been subjected to extreme scrutiny over the glaring security lapses during the attack, specifically how a rooftop with a clear vantage point to the stage, less than 200 yards away, wasn’t secure. There were reportedly sniper teams inside the building when shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire. To add to the incompetence, Secret Service sniper teams had spotted Crooks two minutes before he fired the first shot at the former president.
NEW: The man who shot at former President Trump visited the site of the Pennsylvania rally days ahead of the event to scope out the area, two sources familiar with Wednesday’s Senate briefing on the assassination attempt tell NBC News. https://t.co/gSWq8ks5pp
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) July 17, 2024
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