Another ‘coincidental’ Secret Service failure that led to the attempted assassination of President Trump.
New details about the so-called security breakdown that led to an assassination attempt against President Trump during his Butler, Pennsylvania rally in July have been leaked to the Washington Post.
According to WaPo, Secret Service agents never directed local police to secure the roof that would-be assassin Thomas Crooks used to take 8 shots at Trump and rallygoers.
Would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was able to climb on top of a roof next to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally and put Trump in his scope.
A bullet grazed President Trump’s ear during his Pennsylvania rally. One rallygoer was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.
they deliberately left the roof unguarded, likely because a small compartmentalized cell inside DHS had advance awareness thru informants in Crooks’s encrypted chat network of his intent to go up to the roof to shoot Trump during the speech https://t.co/1J74bqWWuB
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) September 14, 2024
The Washington Post reported:
A Secret Service investigation has confirmed security breakdowns that paved the way for an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, while also revealing new information — including that agents never directed local police to secure the roof of the building used by the gunman, according to two senior government officials familiar with the probe.
The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe an internal probe, said the investigation found that agents from Secret Service headquarters and the Pittsburgh field office had an alarmingly slipshod strategy to block a potential shooter from having a clear sight of the Republican nominee for president at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pa.
Agents securing the event had discussed possibly using heavy equipment and flags to create a visual impediment between the Agr International building and the rally stage, the officials said. But supervisors who arrived at Butler the day of the rally found cranes, trucks and flags were not deployed in a way that blocked the line of sight from that roof.
It was previously reported that Secret Service never picked up radios that were set aside for them by local law Butler County law enforcement at Trump’s rally on July 13.
Bodycam footage shows a Butler Township police officer flipping out after his warnings about Crooks on the roof over the radio went ignored.
That’s because Secret Service agents never picked up their radios.
“Before you motherf*ckers came up here, I popped my head up there like an idiot by myself, dude,” the police officer who was hoisted onto the roof said. “Then he turned around and I f*cking dropped, and I started f*cking, I was calling out, ‘Bro, f*cking on top of the roof.’ F*cking, we’re not on the same frequency?”
WATCH:
Bodycam footage shows that, even after shots were fired, it took police FIVE MINUTES to reach the location of Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/i23PUjE006
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 8, 2024
It is clear that there were multiple failures in the security protocol that allowed Thomas Crooks to attempt the assassination of President Trump. The lack of communication between Secret Service agents and local law enforcement, as well as the failure to secure the building’s roof, were critical oversights that led to this dangerous situation.
As investigations continue and more details come to light, it is important to address the systemic issues within security agencies to prevent such incidents from happening in the future. The safety and protection of public figures, especially the President of the United States, should be of utmost priority.
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