Shooting just happened at a Trump rally
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The reality is
Do I believe a lone Trump supporter would try this, risking his life to help get Trump elected by a missed attempt? Yes
Do I believe a lone Harris supporter would try this, risking life for the election? No
Do I believe a lone Trump supporter would try this, risking his life to help get Trump elected by a missed attempt? Yes
Do I believe a lone Harris supporter would try this, risking life for the election? No
The reality is that the BLUE hat MAGAs are so desperate to keep the current society in place, they are going to extreme measures.
The fact that it is so sloppily done goes to show who is involved.
Republicans outraged over possible assassination attempt: ‘They are going to keep trying to kill Trump’
By LISA KASHINSKY and MIA MCCARTHY
09/15/2024
Republicans two months ago turned the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump into a rallying cry. Now they’re responding to what could have been a second attempt with a mixture of defiance, outrage and unsubstantiated blame.
While the suspect’s motive remained unclear on Sunday night, some Republicans immediately seized on the incident — in which the Secret Service opened fire on a suspect who officials said appeared with an AK-47-style rifle near Trump’s golf course in southern Florida — to again accuse Democrats of endangering Trump by casting the GOP nominee as a threat to democracy.
“This rhetoric against President Trump, this narrative that he will be the next dictator, that he is the next Hitler coming, it has got to stop. Enough is enough,” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. “And when you have this narrative coming from the left, from [the] media, from elected officials, even, that Trump has to be stopped by any means necessary, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that these people are being radicalized and taking action like this.”
Some of the former president’s allies struck even more ominous tones.
“They are going to keep trying to kill Trump. This is only beginning,” wrote Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on X. “This stops only when we win in November.”
Trump’s campaign did not suggest a motive in its own statement about the incident. In other campaign messages on Sunday, Trump called for “unity” and “peace.”
Trump, who was not injured on Sunday, became the target of a potential second shooter under markedly different circumstances than when a gunman opened fire in July at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, injuring the former president and two others and killing an attendee. There, a blood-splattered Trump rose from the ground with a fist in the air, the image of defiance cemented by his “fight, fight, fight” battle cry that echoed through his nominating convention the following week. Republicans, often so deeply fractured, nearly uniformly rallied to his side. Some even predicted that the assassination attempt had just sealed the election for Trump. And for a brief period, partisan bickering — and the presidential campaign itself — ground nearly to a halt before quickly returning to form.
The former president emerged from Sunday’s incident similarly defiant, his campaign sending messages reading “MY RESOLVE IS STRONGER AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON MY LIFE” and “I WILL NEVER SURRENDER.”
Republicans swiftly echoed him. After visiting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate later on Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X: “No leader in American history has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient. He is unstoppable.”
But this time, there is no image of Trump as a near-martyr with which to rally the troops — just a photo posted to social media of Johnson and the former president both striking his signature thumbs-up pose. Trump has been politically weakened against a new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. And while Harris and President Joe Biden were briefed on the situation and expressed gratitude that Trump was safe, Democrats did not pause their campaign activities.
And within hours of the incident on Sunday, broad denunciations of political violence from across the political spectrum quickly gave way to partisan finger-pointing.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) called Democrats’ rhetoric “beyond evil” in a post singling out MSNBC and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who earlier in the day had posted about “Extreme MAGA Republicans” restricting abortion access. (After the incident, Jeffries posted on social media: “Political violence has no place in a democratic society.”) Another Florida Republican, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, also blamed “the radical left” for promoting “irresponsible rhetoric” that is “causing people to get hurt.”
Republicans had a similar reaction after the first assassination attempt against the former president, including Ohio Sen. JD Vance — who was not yet Trump’s running mate — baselessly connecting the rally shooting to the Biden campaign. (Vance offered a more measured response to Sunday’s incident, writing on X that Trump was “in good spirits” and that the senator would be “hugging my kids extra tight tonight and saying a prayer of gratitude.”)
But unlike in July, this incident is “supercharged,” said Matthew Bartlett, a GOP strategist and former Trump administration appointee. “The right seems to be even further aggrieved — or believes that this election they’re running against something that will do anything to stop a political agenda.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s onetime rival for the GOP presidential nomination who has since endorsed him, said Sunday that the state was opening its own probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers and allies of Trump called to again increase security for the former president. Trump’s Secret Service protection was beefed up after the shooting in Butler. But Ric Bradshaw, the Palm Beach County sheriff, acknowledged on Sunday during a news conference that security around Trump is not as strict as it would be if we were still the sitting president.
“This must change,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), himself the victim of a shooting during a congressional baseball practice, posted on X in response. “Secret Service must up their level of protection of him to their FULL capabilities.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that “it is time to increase resources” for the Secret Service and called for the agency to return under the umbrella of the Treasury Department rather than the Department of Homeland security, where it currently resides. Waltz, the Florida representative who is a member of the congressional task force probing the Butler assassination attempt, said he expects the Secret Service to brief lawmakers “this week.”
Biden, in a statement Sunday night, said he has “directed my team to continue to ensure that Secret Service has every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure the former President’s continued safety.”
“This rhetoric against President Trump, this narrative that he will be the next dictator, that he is the next Hitler coming, it has got to stop. Enough is enough,” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said.
By LISA KASHINSKY and MIA MCCARTHY
09/15/2024
Republicans two months ago turned the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump into a rallying cry. Now they’re responding to what could have been a second attempt with a mixture of defiance, outrage and unsubstantiated blame.
While the suspect’s motive remained unclear on Sunday night, some Republicans immediately seized on the incident — in which the Secret Service opened fire on a suspect who officials said appeared with an AK-47-style rifle near Trump’s golf course in southern Florida — to again accuse Democrats of endangering Trump by casting the GOP nominee as a threat to democracy.
“This rhetoric against President Trump, this narrative that he will be the next dictator, that he is the next Hitler coming, it has got to stop. Enough is enough,” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. “And when you have this narrative coming from the left, from [the] media, from elected officials, even, that Trump has to be stopped by any means necessary, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that these people are being radicalized and taking action like this.”
Some of the former president’s allies struck even more ominous tones.
“They are going to keep trying to kill Trump. This is only beginning,” wrote Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on X. “This stops only when we win in November.”
Trump’s campaign did not suggest a motive in its own statement about the incident. In other campaign messages on Sunday, Trump called for “unity” and “peace.”
Trump, who was not injured on Sunday, became the target of a potential second shooter under markedly different circumstances than when a gunman opened fire in July at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, injuring the former president and two others and killing an attendee. There, a blood-splattered Trump rose from the ground with a fist in the air, the image of defiance cemented by his “fight, fight, fight” battle cry that echoed through his nominating convention the following week. Republicans, often so deeply fractured, nearly uniformly rallied to his side. Some even predicted that the assassination attempt had just sealed the election for Trump. And for a brief period, partisan bickering — and the presidential campaign itself — ground nearly to a halt before quickly returning to form.
The former president emerged from Sunday’s incident similarly defiant, his campaign sending messages reading “MY RESOLVE IS STRONGER AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON MY LIFE” and “I WILL NEVER SURRENDER.”
Republicans swiftly echoed him. After visiting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate later on Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X: “No leader in American history has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient. He is unstoppable.”
But this time, there is no image of Trump as a near-martyr with which to rally the troops — just a photo posted to social media of Johnson and the former president both striking his signature thumbs-up pose. Trump has been politically weakened against a new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. And while Harris and President Joe Biden were briefed on the situation and expressed gratitude that Trump was safe, Democrats did not pause their campaign activities.
And within hours of the incident on Sunday, broad denunciations of political violence from across the political spectrum quickly gave way to partisan finger-pointing.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) called Democrats’ rhetoric “beyond evil” in a post singling out MSNBC and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who earlier in the day had posted about “Extreme MAGA Republicans” restricting abortion access. (After the incident, Jeffries posted on social media: “Political violence has no place in a democratic society.”) Another Florida Republican, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, also blamed “the radical left” for promoting “irresponsible rhetoric” that is “causing people to get hurt.”
Republicans had a similar reaction after the first assassination attempt against the former president, including Ohio Sen. JD Vance — who was not yet Trump’s running mate — baselessly connecting the rally shooting to the Biden campaign. (Vance offered a more measured response to Sunday’s incident, writing on X that Trump was “in good spirits” and that the senator would be “hugging my kids extra tight tonight and saying a prayer of gratitude.”)
But unlike in July, this incident is “supercharged,” said Matthew Bartlett, a GOP strategist and former Trump administration appointee. “The right seems to be even further aggrieved — or believes that this election they’re running against something that will do anything to stop a political agenda.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s onetime rival for the GOP presidential nomination who has since endorsed him, said Sunday that the state was opening its own probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers and allies of Trump called to again increase security for the former president. Trump’s Secret Service protection was beefed up after the shooting in Butler. But Ric Bradshaw, the Palm Beach County sheriff, acknowledged on Sunday during a news conference that security around Trump is not as strict as it would be if we were still the sitting president.
“This must change,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), himself the victim of a shooting during a congressional baseball practice, posted on X in response. “Secret Service must up their level of protection of him to their FULL capabilities.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that “it is time to increase resources” for the Secret Service and called for the agency to return under the umbrella of the Treasury Department rather than the Department of Homeland security, where it currently resides. Waltz, the Florida representative who is a member of the congressional task force probing the Butler assassination attempt, said he expects the Secret Service to brief lawmakers “this week.”
Biden, in a statement Sunday night, said he has “directed my team to continue to ensure that Secret Service has every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure the former President’s continued safety.”
“This rhetoric against President Trump, this narrative that he will be the next dictator, that he is the next Hitler coming, it has got to stop. Enough is enough,” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said.
Has Trump been seen in public since this shooting?
Has there been Proof Of Life?
A Social Media post doesn’t count.
Has there been Proof Of Life?
A Social Media post doesn’t count.
well that pasty weirdo overly compensated son of
a racist boar... elon musty musk.. Was RIGHT Tho...
the shot at Trump TWICE... and summer AINT EVEN OVER YET..
but NOT ONE ATTEMPT on Joe Biden or Kamala Hindu Harris...
You know damn well whether you are for them or against them, Yo ass is quietly saying....
HMMMMMMMM.......
a racist boar... elon musty musk.. Was RIGHT Tho...
the shot at Trump TWICE... and summer AINT EVEN OVER YET..
but NOT ONE ATTEMPT on Joe Biden or Kamala Hindu Harris...
You know damn well whether you are for them or against them, Yo ass is quietly saying....
HMMMMMMMM.......
Time magazine featured eerily prophetic cover of Trump stuck on golf course days before assassination attempt
The Sept. 11, 2024 issue of Time magazine features Former President Donald Trump stuck in golf course's sand trap with the caption "In Trouble" -- just days before his second assassination attempt.
By David Spector, Christopher Scarglato, Ryan King, Josh Christenson, Steven Nelson, Caitlin Doornbos and Diana Glebova
Sep. 16, 2024
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The Sept. 11, 2024 issue of Time magazine features Former President Donald Trump stuck in golf course's sand trap with the caption "In Trouble" -- just days before his second assassination attempt.
By David Spector, Christopher Scarglato, Ryan King, Josh Christenson, Steven Nelson, Caitlin Doornbos and Diana Glebova
Sep. 16, 2024
Donald Trump assassination attempt live updates: Trump describes second assassination attempt during X Spaces interview
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Investigate everyone at Time MAGAzine! Who do they think they are!??!?! The Simpsons!?!?Time magazine featured eerily prophetic cover of Trump stuck on golf course days before assassination attempt
The Sept. 11, 2024 issue of Time magazine features Former President Donald Trump stuck in golf course's sand trap with the caption "In Trouble" -- just days before his second assassination attempt.
By David Spector, Christopher Scarglato, Ryan King, Josh Christenson, Steven Nelson, Caitlin Doornbos and Diana Glebova
Sep. 16, 2024
Donald Trump assassination attempt live updates: Trump describes second assassination attempt during X Spaces interview
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Wait... so homie's plan to have a sniper at each school in the US? Am I reading this right?
It is these debates that seem to be triggering these assassination attempts. When Trump shows up it can trigger the war powers of the President. This is the second time after a debate that an assassination attempt is made against his life.
The rest of the world is now getting taste of what I have to deal with living in the United States trying to flee to normalcy. They will start rambling incoherent thoughts then make an attempt on your life.
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Remember the original plan was to arm every teacher.
Ok….Now I’m slowly starting to believe someone is behind these attacks.
The question is who and who benefits with Trump out of the picture?
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an “off-the-record” plan, the embattled agency’s acting director admitted.
By Emily Crane
Sep. 17, 2024
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The question is who and who benefits with Trump out of the picture?
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an “off-the-record” plan, the embattled agency’s acting director admitted.
By Emily Crane
Sep. 17, 2024
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump International West Palm Beach and hid there undetected for nearly 12 hours before Trump, 78, teed off on Sunday af…
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third time time is going to be a charm for trump...these fools want him dead..
that what make this one here more dangerous then the last shooter...he was waiting patiently....That man waited in the woods like The Toothfairy from Red Dragon
Ok….Now I’m slowly starting to believe someone is behind these attacks.
The question is who and who benefits with Trump out of the picture?
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an “off-the-record” plan, the embattled agency’s acting director admitted.
By Emily Crane
Sep. 17, 2024
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump International West Palm Beach and hid there undetected for nearly 12 hours before Trump, 78, teed off on Sunday af…
Thats a GOOD look for his IMMEDIATE security team.. for them to have located the shooter before he could even get a shot off..
despite the overall security team dropping the ball..
how the fuck you not gonna clear the course before he plays.. thats sounds SUS!!
Trump assassination attempt suspect's former neighbor says family was 'weird,' kept a 'horse in the house'
Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh's neighbor claimed he kept a 'live horse' in their living room in Greensboro, NC
By Audrey Conklin Fox News
September 17, 2024
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Kim Mungo, neighbor of failed Trump assassin suspect Ryan Routh, speaks with reporters on Monday.
Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh's neighbor claimed he kept a 'live horse' in their living room in Greensboro, NC
By Audrey Conklin Fox News
September 17, 2024
Trump assassination attempt suspect's former neighbor says family was 'weird,' kept a 'horse in the house' | Fox News
The suspected would-be Trump assassin's former neighbor before he moved to Hawaii described his family as "weird" outside her Greensboro, North Carolina home.
Kim Mungo, neighbor of failed Trump assassin suspect Ryan Routh, speaks with reporters on Monday.
Just imagine if Trump woke up in that dude’s house like Freddie Lounds
DO YOU SEE!!!
Mofos couldn’t shoot the Orange Moron, so now they moving to Chemical/Biological attacks…
Donald Trump Rally Attendees Report Mystery Eye Problems
By Sophie Clark
September 19, 2024
www.newsweek.com
Attendees to Donald Trump's rally in Arizona have reported sustaining mystery eye problems from the event.
The rally in Tucson, Arizona, on September 12, which drew over 2,000 people in 100 degree heat, resulted in a number of Trump supporters going to the emergency room.
The Trump campaign has said it is investigating the event. The Secret Service told News 4 Tucson that it was unaware of anything out of the ordinary occurring at the rally. It added that it was unaware of any planned threat to Trump in Arizona.
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment.
Trump speaking at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall on September 12, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona, where several people reported eye injuries after the event.
The rally was set up so that 48 exclusive attendees could stand on the stage with Trump. They were then split into two groups, one on stage right, and one on stage left.
The group on stage left reported no symptoms or anything suspicious, but according to a report from News 4 Tucson, several people in the group on stage right left the rally with excruciating pain in their eyes.
Mayra Rodriguez, a former Planned Parenthood director turned Trump supporter, told News 4 Tucson that her eyes were burning and it became hard for her to see. She said she went to the ER where they asked if she was sprayed with anything.
She told reporters that she is still in pain days later. She said: "I can't see anything. When I try to open my eyes it's like a white cloud of cover. It hurts."
Newsweek has contacted Rodriguez via email for comment.
Another woman who wished to remain anonymous also came forward with the same symptoms, saying: "This is horrible."
And a man who also wished to remain anonymous said: "My eyes were red like hell, it was terrible, I just couldn't handle it."
Kathleen Winn, a former Congressional candidate from Arizona's Congressional District 6, spoke to News 4 Tucson after the event, saying: "We hope there's no nefarious actors in this and this is not a strategic hit."
Newsweek has contacted Winn via email for comment.
Mayra Rodriguez (middle row, second from the right) told News 4 Tucson that she can barely see following the rally on September 12th.
At the rally itself, Trump spoke about two policy proposals: no tax on tips, and making housing "affordable again."
Mayra Rodriguez
Mayra Rodriguez claims she started suffering extreme eye irritation immediately after Trump’s rally in Tucson last week
Donald Trump Rally Attendees Report Mystery Eye Problems
By Sophie Clark
September 19, 2024
Donald Trump rally attendees report mystery eye problems
Those at a rally in Tucson, Arizona, reported leaving the event with pain so bad they had to go to the emergency room.
www.newsweek.com
Attendees to Donald Trump's rally in Arizona have reported sustaining mystery eye problems from the event.
The rally in Tucson, Arizona, on September 12, which drew over 2,000 people in 100 degree heat, resulted in a number of Trump supporters going to the emergency room.
The Trump campaign has said it is investigating the event. The Secret Service told News 4 Tucson that it was unaware of anything out of the ordinary occurring at the rally. It added that it was unaware of any planned threat to Trump in Arizona.
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment.
Trump speaking at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall on September 12, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona, where several people reported eye injuries after the event.
The rally was set up so that 48 exclusive attendees could stand on the stage with Trump. They were then split into two groups, one on stage right, and one on stage left.
The group on stage left reported no symptoms or anything suspicious, but according to a report from News 4 Tucson, several people in the group on stage right left the rally with excruciating pain in their eyes.
Mayra Rodriguez, a former Planned Parenthood director turned Trump supporter, told News 4 Tucson that her eyes were burning and it became hard for her to see. She said she went to the ER where they asked if she was sprayed with anything.
She told reporters that she is still in pain days later. She said: "I can't see anything. When I try to open my eyes it's like a white cloud of cover. It hurts."
Newsweek has contacted Rodriguez via email for comment.
Another woman who wished to remain anonymous also came forward with the same symptoms, saying: "This is horrible."
And a man who also wished to remain anonymous said: "My eyes were red like hell, it was terrible, I just couldn't handle it."
Kathleen Winn, a former Congressional candidate from Arizona's Congressional District 6, spoke to News 4 Tucson after the event, saying: "We hope there's no nefarious actors in this and this is not a strategic hit."
Newsweek has contacted Winn via email for comment.
Mayra Rodriguez (middle row, second from the right) told News 4 Tucson that she can barely see following the rally on September 12th.
At the rally itself, Trump spoke about two policy proposals: no tax on tips, and making housing "affordable again."
Mayra Rodriguez
Mayra Rodriguez claims she started suffering extreme eye irritation immediately after Trump’s rally in Tucson last week
Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect Will Remain In Custody Without Bail, Judge Says—As Feds Allege He Left A Letter About Killing Trump
The man arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on Donald Trump will remain in custody pending a federal trial on gun charges
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The man arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on Donald Trump left a witness a letter months before the incident discussing a plan to kill the former president, the Justice Department said Monday, as the department pushes to hold the suspect in jail before a federal gun trial.
A letter—allegedly found in a box given to an unnamed witness by Ryan Routh, 58—said: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you,” adding, “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.”
The handwritten letter went on to say, “I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
Son of Man Accused of Trying to Assassinate Donald Trump Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Ryan Routh's son Oran Routh was arrested in North Carolina after authorities searched his home on Saturday, according to a criminal complaint.
Trump assassination attempt: Inexperienced Secret Service agent flying drone called toll-free number for help
Secret Service agent had just an hour of informal training on device
By Michael Ruiz , David Spunt Fox News
September 25, 2024
www.foxnews.com
Thomas Crooks is shown at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Senate issues scathing report on Secret Service failures to protect Trump
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON
09/25/24
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a scathing report Wednesday on the multiple failures by the Secret Service to protect former President Trump at his July rally in Butler, Pa.
The report found agents had multiple opportunities to prevent the shooting that killed one person and injured several others, including Trump.
The failures that put Trump’s life at risk were “foreseeable” and “preventable” and grew out of a breakdown in communication and coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement, the committee said.
Secret Service failed to define responsibilities for planning and security at the rally, failed to secure the building from which the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, targeted Trump, and failed to effectively coordinate with state and local law enforcement, according to the report.
The report found that the Secret Service failed to provide key resources that could have helped security, such as drones or a countersurveillance unit. Secret Service officials denied requests for additional counter unmanned aircraft systems.
And it found that the agency failed to convey information about Crooks to key security personnel after he was identified as a suspicious person, noting Secret Service officials knew the shooter was on the roof of a nearby building two minutes before he fired.
Some of the security breaches that led to the shooting, which killed Corey Comperatore, a Trump supporter who attended the rally, have been previously reported by media outlets, but the Senate committee’s report offers one of the most detailed accounts so far of how Crooks was able to fire multiple shots at Trump, including one that grazed the former president’s right ear.
Committee investigators found that Secret Service personnel were notified of a suspicious person with a range finder around the American Glass Research building adjacent to the rally venue about 27 minutes before the shooting. And they found that the Secret Service was notified about an individual on the roof of the building two minutes before Crooks fired at Trump.
A Secret Service countersniper saw local law enforcement running toward the building with their guns drawn but failed to alert Trump’s protective detail to remove him from the stage. The countersniper later said it “did not cross [his] mind” to tell Trump’s detail of the possible need to evacuate him.
Senate investigators say local law enforcement alerted the Secret Service two days before the event that the proximity of the American Glass Research building was a security threat and that they did not have enough officers to lock it down. And they said Secret Service agents later interviewed by the Senate committee gave “conflicting accounts” about the discussions about how to secure the building and said it was local law enforcement’s responsibility to secure the “outer perimeter.”
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, said the agency has reviewed the report and noted that some of its findings mirror its own conclusions from an internal review.
“Many of the insights gained from the Senate report align with the findings from our mission assurance review and are essential to ensuring that what happened on July 13 never happens again,” Guglielmi said.
The spokesperson said the Secret Service is cooperating with Congress, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to review the security lapses at Butler.
“The U.S. Secret Service has implemented changes to our protective operations including elevating the protective posture of our protectees and bolstering our protective details as appropriate in order to ensure the highest levels of safety and security for those we protect,” Guglielmi said.
Ronald Rowe Jr., the acting director of the Secret Service, told senators during a joint hearing of the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees that the attempted assassination of Trump on July 13 “was a failure on multiple levels.”
But committee investigators wrote that Secret Service supervisors later “declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for planning or security as having contributed to the failure to prevent the shooting that day.”
Committee investigators reported that several “key requests” for information to the FBI; Department of Homeland Security; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Secret Service “remain outstanding” and that the majority of documents provided by the Secret Service and Homeland Security Department were “heavily redacted.”
“These overly burdensome redactions, including of communications related to the same individuals who the committee interviewed, only served to delay the committee’s ability to conduct these interviews and carry out its investigation efficiently and effectively,” the committee stated in its report.
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the panel’s ranking member, announced on July 15 that their committee would conduct a bipartisan investigation.
“Our committee is focused on getting all the facts about the security failures that allowed the attacker to carry out this heinous act of violence that threatened the life of former President Trump, killed at least one person in the crowd and injured several others,” Peters said two days after the shooting.
Secret Service agent had just an hour of informal training on device
By Michael Ruiz , David Spunt Fox News
September 25, 2024
Trump assassination attempt: Inexperienced Secret Service agent flying drone called toll-free number for help | Fox News
Secret Service agent had just an hour of informal training on device
Thomas Crooks is shown at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Senate issues scathing report on Secret Service failures to protect Trump
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON
09/25/24
Senate issues scathing report on Secret Service failures to protect Trump
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a scathing report Wednesday on the multiple failures by the Secret Service to protect former President Trump at his July rally…
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a scathing report Wednesday on the multiple failures by the Secret Service to protect former President Trump at his July rally in Butler, Pa.
The report found agents had multiple opportunities to prevent the shooting that killed one person and injured several others, including Trump.
The failures that put Trump’s life at risk were “foreseeable” and “preventable” and grew out of a breakdown in communication and coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement, the committee said.
Secret Service failed to define responsibilities for planning and security at the rally, failed to secure the building from which the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, targeted Trump, and failed to effectively coordinate with state and local law enforcement, according to the report.
The report found that the Secret Service failed to provide key resources that could have helped security, such as drones or a countersurveillance unit. Secret Service officials denied requests for additional counter unmanned aircraft systems.
And it found that the agency failed to convey information about Crooks to key security personnel after he was identified as a suspicious person, noting Secret Service officials knew the shooter was on the roof of a nearby building two minutes before he fired.
Some of the security breaches that led to the shooting, which killed Corey Comperatore, a Trump supporter who attended the rally, have been previously reported by media outlets, but the Senate committee’s report offers one of the most detailed accounts so far of how Crooks was able to fire multiple shots at Trump, including one that grazed the former president’s right ear.
Committee investigators found that Secret Service personnel were notified of a suspicious person with a range finder around the American Glass Research building adjacent to the rally venue about 27 minutes before the shooting. And they found that the Secret Service was notified about an individual on the roof of the building two minutes before Crooks fired at Trump.
A Secret Service countersniper saw local law enforcement running toward the building with their guns drawn but failed to alert Trump’s protective detail to remove him from the stage. The countersniper later said it “did not cross [his] mind” to tell Trump’s detail of the possible need to evacuate him.
Senate investigators say local law enforcement alerted the Secret Service two days before the event that the proximity of the American Glass Research building was a security threat and that they did not have enough officers to lock it down. And they said Secret Service agents later interviewed by the Senate committee gave “conflicting accounts” about the discussions about how to secure the building and said it was local law enforcement’s responsibility to secure the “outer perimeter.”
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, said the agency has reviewed the report and noted that some of its findings mirror its own conclusions from an internal review.
“Many of the insights gained from the Senate report align with the findings from our mission assurance review and are essential to ensuring that what happened on July 13 never happens again,” Guglielmi said.
The spokesperson said the Secret Service is cooperating with Congress, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to review the security lapses at Butler.
“The U.S. Secret Service has implemented changes to our protective operations including elevating the protective posture of our protectees and bolstering our protective details as appropriate in order to ensure the highest levels of safety and security for those we protect,” Guglielmi said.
Ronald Rowe Jr., the acting director of the Secret Service, told senators during a joint hearing of the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees that the attempted assassination of Trump on July 13 “was a failure on multiple levels.”
But committee investigators wrote that Secret Service supervisors later “declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for planning or security as having contributed to the failure to prevent the shooting that day.”
Committee investigators reported that several “key requests” for information to the FBI; Department of Homeland Security; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Secret Service “remain outstanding” and that the majority of documents provided by the Secret Service and Homeland Security Department were “heavily redacted.”
“These overly burdensome redactions, including of communications related to the same individuals who the committee interviewed, only served to delay the committee’s ability to conduct these interviews and carry out its investigation efficiently and effectively,” the committee stated in its report.
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the panel’s ranking member, announced on July 15 that their committee would conduct a bipartisan investigation.
“Our committee is focused on getting all the facts about the security failures that allowed the attacker to carry out this heinous act of violence that threatened the life of former President Trump, killed at least one person in the crowd and injured several others,” Peters said two days after the shooting.
Iran trying to assassinate Donald Trump, other US leaders, officials say
Iran has made it "clear" that it is trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump, as well as members of his administration – and the current Biden administration – as payback for the killing of an Iranian general and other hardline policies, U.S. officials and lawmakers said Wednesday.
Josh Meyer, Riley Beggin
USA TODAY
September 25, 2024
An image published on Ali Khamenei’s official website on September 25, 2020, showing Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, left, alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, center, and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
Iran has made it "clear" that it is trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump, as well as members of his administration – and the current Biden administration – as payback for the killing of an Iranian general and other hardline policies, U.S. officials and lawmakers said Wednesday.
Josh Meyer, Riley Beggin
USA TODAY
September 25, 2024
Iran trying to assassinate Donald Trump, other US leaders, officials say
Confirmation of Tehran's intentions comes a day after intel officials briefed Trump on the alleged plots as payback for US killing an Iranian general.
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An image published on Ali Khamenei’s official website on September 25, 2020, showing Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, left, alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, center, and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani