Secret Service flagged would-be assassin as ‘threat’ 10 minutes before Trump went on stage
“You would think over the course of that hour, you shouldn’t lose sight of the individual. Somebody ought to be following up on those sorts of things. No evidence of that happening at all,” Senator John Barrasso said.
Hannah NightingaleWashington DC
Jul 17, 20242 Minute Read
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, was reportedly flagged as suspicious by the Secret Service over an hour before the shooting, and that Secret Service marked him as a threat 10 minutes before Trump took to the stage.
Senator John Barrasso, who attended a briefing with Senate lawmakers and the Secret Service, told Fox News, “He was identified as a character of suspicion because [he had] a rangefinder as well as a backpack. And this was over an hour before the shooting actually occurred. So, you would think over the course of that hour, you shouldn’t lose sight of the individual. Somebody ought to be following up on those sorts of things. No evidence of that happening at all.”
A source familiar with the briefing told Fox News’ Aishah Hasnie that the Secret Service was aware of the threat 10 minutes before Trump walked on stage in Butler, and Trump was still allowed to go before the crowd.
Senator Marsha Blackburn, who was also present for the briefing, wrote on X, 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 nation if she steps down from her position.”
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Local Counter Snipers w/ View of Rooftop Pulled from Posts Minutes before Trump Shooting
‘Had ESU maintained position in the window overlooking the roof, isn’t it true that they’d have a clean shot at Mr. Crooks as he was ascending the roof to his shooting position?’
Posted byKen Silva
July 23, 2024
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher L. Paris testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday about the July 13 assassination attempt against presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
Unlike the now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle—who resigned Tuesday after refusing to answer a bevy of basic questions the day before—Paris’s testimony revealed new info about what happened leading up to the shooting at the Butler, Pa., Trump rally.
One of the more shocking revelations from Paris’s testimony was his claim that Butler County Emergency Services Unit counter snipers were stationed with a view from the rooftop where alleged shooter Thomas Crooks fired at Trump.
Those counter snipers were pulled from their positions to search for Crooks after identifying him as a suspicious person around 5:14 p.m., according to Paris. The shooting occurred at 6:11 p.m. It’s not clear exactly when the snipers left their post.
“I was told they began searching with local officers after Crooks had been identified as suspicious by them,” Paris said.
Paris’s response left Rep. Dan Bishop, R-NC, flabbergasted.
“I think that’s revelatory. I hadn’t heard that information … Had ESU maintained position in the window overlooking the roof, isn’t it true that they’d have a clean shot at Mr. Crooks as he was ascending the roof to his shooting position?” Bishop asked.
Paris said he couldn’t say for sure whether the snipers would have seen Crooks from their vantage point, but he did confirm they were no longer in that building at the time Crooks ascended the roof.
It’s not clear what agency ordered the local counter snipers away from their posts. Bishop didn’t ask that question, nor did Paris volunteer the information. Paris was still testifying as of the publication of this article.
After Bishop’s questioning, Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., asked whether the Secret Service knew that local police had identified Crooks as suspicious, or whether they knew local police were searching for him when they sent Trump to the stage.
Paris said he “believes” that info was indeed relayed to the Secret Service, though he didn’t know if it was relayed to the agents attached to Trump.
“If it wasn’t [relayed to Trump’s security detail], that was another big mess up,” Gimenez remarked.
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