The Washington Post reports: An independent panel called Thursday for new leadership at the Secret Service, hired mostly from outside the protective agency, saying it needs a major shake-up or security failures such as the July 13 shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania “can and will happen again.” The bipartisan panel, ordered by President Joe Biden to review the …
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Senate Finds Secret Service Failures Were Preventable
The Associated Press reports: Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House probe, …
Read More »Secret Service Admits Failures In Trump Rally Shooting
The New York Times reports: A Secret Service internal review of the failures that led to the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pa., found that agents did not have the necessary discussions about how a complex of warehouses surrounding the site should be protected. The most glaring of the agency’s …
Read More »Parents Of Trump Shooter Hire Defense Attorneys
The Daily Mail reports: The parents of Trump shooter Thomas Crooks have hired a team of powerhouse attorneys as the FBI continues to investigate just how much they knew ahead of their son’s assassination attempt on the former president, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. The development comes as one family member shared with DailyMail.com that the FBI, ‘still very much has …
Read More »Secret Service Puts Multiple Agents On Leave
CBS News reports: The U.S. Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Secret Service’s internal affairs division is continuing to investigate how a 20-year-old gunman was …
Read More »LIVE VIDEO: Secret Service Briefing On Rally Shooting
PBS NewsHour reports: The U.S. Secret Service will hold news briefing on Friday on its response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET. The briefing comes as more Americans express doubt about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe, a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC …
Read More »FBI: Gunman Posted Anti-Immigrant, Antisemitic Rants
The Guardian reports: Though they have not pinpointed a motive behind Donald Trump’s failed assassination attempt, investigators are examining a social media account with antisemitic and anti-immigrant posts that they suspect might be connected to the former US president’s would-be killer, according to the FBI deputy director, Paul Abbate. Abbate on Tuesday appeared alongside the acting US Secret Service director, …
Read More »LIVE VIDEO: Senate Hearing On Trump Rally Shooting
CNN reports: Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe will tell senators from the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees that the he can’t explain or defend the security failures on July 13, according to prepared remarks released late Monday. According to the remarks, Rowe has directed the Secret Service to have multiple experienced supervisors go through each security plan for all …
Read More »Trump: Melania “Either Likes Or Loves Me, That’s Nice”
“She was watching [the shooting] live, it was all over the place, it was on television, it was on your network, but it was all over the place and she was watching. And I asked her that, I mean I wasn’t there, I was on the ground — when the world started to, when you could talk to people and …
Read More »US House Leaders Name Rally Shooting Task Force
Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rolled out members of a bipartisan task force Monday to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The task force will be led by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who represents Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the shooting at a campaign rally. In addition to Kelly, the Republicans …
Read More »Cops Knew Of Gunman 90 Minutes Before Shooting
The New York Times reports: The officer noticed a young man with long stringy hair sitting on a picnic table near the warehouse. So at 4:26 p.m., he texted his colleagues about the man, who was outside the fenced area of the Butler Fair Show grounds where Mr. Trump was to appear. He said that the person would have seen …
Read More »Trump To Sit With FBI For “Shooting Victim Interview”
CNN reports: Donald Trump has agreed to sit for a victim interview with the FBI, which is investigating this month’s attempted assassination, an agency official said Monday. Victim interviews are a routine part of criminal investigations, but are voluntary. Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, told reporters on a conference call Monday that …
Read More »Local Cops Blame Secret Service For Rally Shooting
ABC News reports: The local SWAT team assigned to help protect former President Donald Trump on July 13 had not had any contact with the Secret Service agents in charge of security before a would-be assassin opened fire, those officers told ABC News. It was a critical part of the planning and communications failures that ended with a gunman killing …
Read More »Graham Demands FBI Head “Correct” Bullet Testimony
“It is clear to everyone that President Trump survived an assassination attempt by millimeters, as the attempted assassin’s bullet ripped the upper part of his ear. This was made clear in briefings my office received and should not be a point of contention. “Therefore, I urge you to immediately correct your statement and acknowledge that President Trump was hit by …
Read More »FBI Seeks To Interview Trump About Shooting Injury
The New York Times reports: The F.B.I. is examining numerous metal fragments found near the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., to determine whether an assassin’s bullet — or potential debris — grazed former President Donald J. Trump’s head, bloodying his ear, according to the F.B.I. and a federal law enforcement official. The bureau has asked to interview …
Read More »House Approves Shooting Task Force In 416-0 Vote
NBC News reports: The House voted without opposition Wednesday for a resolution to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The task force will investigate federal, state and local law enforcement and agency actions. Four hundred-sixteen members voted in favor of the resolution. Seven Republicans and six Democrats will serve on the …
Read More »FBI Head Unsure If Trump Was Hit By Bullet [VIDEO]
The Daily Beast reports: FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination. Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the FBI was still working to determine what exactly struck the …
Read More »Trump Campaign Agrees To End Most Outdoor Rallies
NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump plans to stop holding outdoor rallies like the one where he was shot during an assassination attempt this month in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to two sources familiar with his campaign’s operations. The sources said current plans are to hold indoor rallies, but they also said it’s possible Trump will participate in smaller outdoor …
Read More »FBI: Rally Gunman Researched JFK Assassination
The Associated Press reports: FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Wednesday that a laptop tied to the Trump rally gunman included a Google search of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” That is a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooter who killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The Google search, apparently by …
Read More »Secret Service Urges Trump To End Outdoor Rallies
The Washington Post reports: Secret Service officials encouraged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events with big crowds after the assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pa. In the aftermath of the shooting, agents from the Secret Service communicated their concerns about large outdoor rallies going forward to Trump campaign advisers. For …
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