GOP Senators Criticize Secret Service, FBI Over Trump Assassination Attempt July 13, 2024
On the evening of the Trump rally assassination attempt, at 5:45 p.m., a Secret Service sniper received a picture of Crooks and was informed of his location. There were 26 minutes to respond to resolve the security issue, and security failed. Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old male from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from the roof of a building 400 feet (120 meters) to 450 feet (140 meters) from the stage where former President Donald J. Trump was standing.
Crooks Crooks killed one audience member (a retired fire chief), critically injured two audience members, and wound former President Donald J. Trump in the upper right ear.
Following the security failure, bi-partisan disgust with the United States Secret Service exists, according to Sen. Blackburn.
Crooks most current social media footprint located on Gab.com was pro-lockdown, pro-immigration, pro-leftist. However, media reports initially inidicated Crooks was conservative politically.
When Secret Service personnel mess up, people die.
Three perimeters should exist
#1) Outer perimeter (a softer perimeter) ... always protected by local law enforcement. Protecting buildings, watching people, monitoring the crowd.
#2) Bags checked, metal detectors, credential checked ... also
#3) The inner perimeter, known as "the diamond" has three objectives ... protect the principal from ...
harassment,
embarrassment,
and death.
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