"Trump has responded, saying on Truth Social
"I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper
part of my right ear." Secret Service says one spectator was killed and two were critically injured.
Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear by a would-be assassin at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
Trump was seen standing back up with blood on his face, and was led off stage by the Secret Service, who could be heard shouting "get down" during the incident.
Trump could be seen grabbing his ear and falling to the ground, before standing up and walking off stage.
Approximately nine shots rang out.
A member of the crowd, as well as the shooter, are dead following the assassination attempt.
One Trump supporter says he alerted Secret Service before the shooting and was ignored.
Nine shots were heard, including three before Trump grabbed his ear.
Some reported seeing the military chase someone on the left hand side of the bleachers. The Times is also reporting that secret service is kicking out the press and has declared the venue a crime scene.
Trump's team reportedly asked for 'beefed up protection' and was rebuffed over and over by Biden DHS.
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post."
part of my right ear." Secret Service says one spectator was killed and two were critically injured.
Trump was seen standing back up with blood on his face, and was led off stage by the Secret Service, who could be heard shouting "get down" during the incident.
Trump could be seen grabbing his ear and falling to the ground, before standing up and walking off stage.
Approximately nine shots rang out.
A member of the crowd, as well as the shooter, are dead following the assassination attempt.
One Trump supporter says he alerted Secret Service before the shooting and was ignored.
Nine shots were heard, including three before Trump grabbed his ear.
Some reported seeing the military chase someone on the left hand side of the bleachers. The Times is also reporting that secret service is kicking out the press and has declared the venue a crime scene.
Trump's team reportedly asked for 'beefed up protection' and was rebuffed over and over by Biden DHS.
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post."
ZeroHedge
Scientific Analysis of Raw Audio Suggests AT LEAST TWO Shooters Firing Different Weapons in Two Locations to Kill Trump
"Forensic audio analysis of the moments shots were fired at Donald Trump indicates there were at least two shooters attempting to kill the former president, contradicting the government’s lone wolf
In a video published to X on Thursday, Dr. Chris Martenson walks through his investigation of audio picked up from microphones located in two different places at Trump’s rally in Butler, Penn. In the article, CNN wrote audio researchers at the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado in Denver noted the analysis “suggests that as many as three weapons were fired” at the rally.
CNN also noted: “Audio analysis has also confirmed that the gunman was about 360 to 393 feet from the podium, according to forensics expert Robert Maher,” which Martensen said lines up with his research."
NW
"MOST Of Trump's Security Detail Were Not Even Secret Service": Whistleblowers
"Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on X that according to new whistleblowers, "MOST of Trump's security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service," and were instead drawn from the department's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to Hawley, "DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel."
The Missouri Senator sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which reads: "According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a 'loose' security event."
Secret Service’s Cheatle Doubles Down, Will Not Resign Despite Agents Knowing of Threat Before Trump Took Stage
"A Secret Service briefing on Wednesday to senators revealed the agency had identified Matthew Thomas Crooks as a “threat” 10
minutes before former President Donald Trump took the stage and was almost assassinated.
The revelation prompted fresh calls for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign. Cheatle doubled down against resigning in a statement after the briefing. The statement read:
"Continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down. She deeply respects members of Congress and is fiercely committed to transparency in leading the Secret Service through the internal investigation and strengthening the agency through lessons learned in these important internal and external reviews."
She also reported the Secret Service had identified Crooks as a “threat” 10 minutes before Trump walked onstage, but still allowed him to take the stage."
We Have Yet Another Disturbing Update on the Trump Assassination Attempt
"According to the Wall Street Journal, the gunman who attempted to
kill Donald Trump managed to fly a drone and capture aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was scheduled to speak there. This is the latest disturbing development from law enforcement officials briefed on the incident. Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site."
"Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on X that according to new whistleblowers, "MOST of Trump's security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service," and were instead drawn from the department's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to Hawley, "DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel."
The Missouri Senator sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which reads: "According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a 'loose' security event."
"For example, detection canines were not used to monitor entry and detect threats in the usual manner. Individuals without proper designations were able to gain access to backstage areas. Department personnel did not appropriately police the security buffer around the podium and were also not stationed at regular intervals around the event's security perimeter."
US Secret Service whistleblowers have approached the House Judiciary Committee, claiming that there were limited resources to cover former President Donald Trump last weekend due to the North Atlantic Treato Organization (NATO) summit in Washington DC, as well as first lady Jill Biden's campaign rally in Pittsburgh, PA."
ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge
"A Secret Service briefing on Wednesday to senators revealed the agency had identified Matthew Thomas Crooks as a “threat” 10
The revelation prompted fresh calls for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign. Cheatle doubled down against resigning in a statement after the briefing. The statement read:
"Continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down. She deeply respects members of Congress and is fiercely committed to transparency in leading the Secret Service through the internal investigation and strengthening the agency through lessons learned in these important internal and external reviews."
She also reported the Secret Service had identified Crooks as a “threat” 10 minutes before Trump walked onstage, but still allowed him to take the stage."
Breitbart
We Have Yet Another Disturbing Update on the Trump Assassination Attempt
"According to the Wall Street Journal, the gunman who attempted to
PJMedia
Cheatle: Police Snipers Were Not Put on Roof Where Trump Gunman Was Because It Was ‘Sloped’
"Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said in an interview Tuesday a decision was made to put local law enforcement inside the building — that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks later climbed on
top of to shoot former President Donald Trump — instead of the rooftop due to the “safety factor” of putting someone on a “sloped roof.” Cheatle acknowledged that rally-goers alerted law enforcement about Crooks but said, “Unfortunately, with the rapid succession of how things unfolded, by the time that individual was eventually located, they were on the rooftop and were able to fire off at the former president.”
She acknowledged in the interview that “the buck stops with me” but said she would not step down."
Cheatle: Police Snipers Were Not Put on Roof Where Trump Gunman Was Because It Was ‘Sloped’
"Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said in an interview Tuesday a decision was made to put local law enforcement inside the building — that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks later climbed on
She acknowledged in the interview that “the buck stops with me” but said she would not step down."
Breitbart
Secret Service Busted, "Repeatedly" Denied Trump Security Requests
"Last Sunday, one day after the Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service spox Anthony Guglielmi insisted that it was an "untrue assertion" that Trump's campaign was denied additional security resources, calling it "absolutely false."
What's more, "Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who has been under pressure to resign over security lapses at the rally, repeated that denial in a meeting with Trump campaign leadership in Wisconsin on Monday," according to the Washington Post.
Fast forward to Saturday, and the Washington Post reveals that they lied. According to the new report, "Top officials at the U.S. Secret Service repeatedly denied requests for additional resources and personnel sought by Donald Trump’s security detail in the two years leading up to his attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday, according to four people familiar with the requests." NYT: "Secret Service did not assign anyone to watch the warehouses just 140 yards north of where Trump was speaking. Then as Trump spoke, the Secret Service became “frantic” — aware that something was wrong at those warehouses — but left Trump on stage."
ZeroHedge
Trump rally shooter identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man
"The shooter, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20,
of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was killed by at least one Secret Service sharpshooter, authorities said.
Crooks was a registered Republican, according to Pennsylvania voter records. But he also appeared to have made a $15 donation to the Progressive Turnout Project on Inauguration Day in 2021, according to Federal Election Commission records."
"The shooter, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20,
Crooks was a registered Republican, according to Pennsylvania voter records. But he also appeared to have made a $15 donation to the Progressive Turnout Project on Inauguration Day in 2021, according to Federal Election Commission records."
NBC
"Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old resident of Bethel Park, PA who allegedly tried to assassinate Donald Trump may have had an
Cheatle resigns after disastrous congressional grilling
"Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned today after
She had come to the hearing totally unprepared and refused to answer simple questions to which she knew the answers.
Frankly, she looked like a fool or a conspirator."
FBI Confirms Trump ‘Struck’ by ‘Bullet’ at Rally After Director Claimed Trump Hit by ‘Shrapnel’
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly confirmed that
former President Donald Trump had been “struck” by a “bullet” at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
GKM
FBI Confirms Trump ‘Struck’ by ‘Bullet’ at Rally After Director Claimed Trump Hit by ‘Shrapnel’
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly confirmed that
The statement from the agency comes after FBI Director Christopher Wray informed lawmakers that there was “some doubt” surrounding whether the former president had been hit by “a bullet or shrapnel.”
Breitbart
"While members of the Secret Service in a Butler, Pennsylvania command center were notified that an individual later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks was acting suspiciously before he tried to assassinate Donald Trump, members of the former president's secret service detail were not informed of the threat.
Members of former president Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail and his top advisers have privately questioned why they were not informed that local police were tracking a suspicious person before that person opened fire on Trump at his July 13 rally in western Pennsylvania, according to people with direct knowledge of the concerns.
Trump was on stage a full eight minutes - roughly 20 minutes after Crooks was spotted and reported - before shots rang out, wounding Trump, critically wounding two others, and killing one rallygoer.
According to three sources, members of Trump's Secret Service detail have complained to confidants and others inside the agency that they were never made aware of the warning, and they had no idea that local counter snipers eventually lost track of Crooks - or that a local police officer who was hoisted onto the roof of the building saw Crooks perched there with a gun."
ZeroHedge
"Tech giant Google has addressed concerns raised by prominent conservatives regarding its search autocomplete function, particularly its censorship of searches related to the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The masters of the universe claims they are “working on improvements” including the autocomplete function.
Breitbart
Congressman Reveals CHILLING New Theory About Trump Shooting
"Republican Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), who has been briefed on the investigation into the assassination attempt against former
TP
Pedophile Arrested For Death Threats Against Trump During Arizona Border Visit
"As former President Donald Trump was heading out of Cochise County, Arizona, on Aug. 22, police were arresting a local manaa.jpg)
suspected of making death threats against the presidential candidate. Police identified the suspect as Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, from the city of Benson. The former president said he had been unaware that a manhunt for the suspect was underway during his campaign stop at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Syvrud was charged with two counts of threatening in connection with the posts about Trump, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. He also faces a felony warrant from Graham County, Arizona, for failure to register as a sex offender. He remained in the Cochise County Jail awaiting court action during the evening of Aug. 22."
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ZeroHedge
"Multiple Secret Service officials have been put on leave for their actions leading up to and responding to the assassination attempt on Trump at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a source familiar with the decisions told NBC News.
The source familiar with the decisions did not confirm the exact number of officials on leave and said the number may continue to grow as an internal investigation into the assassination attempt continues."
NBC
Again? Trump Reported Safe After Gunfire Near His Location
Don Jr: AK-47 Found at West Palm Beach Golf Course
“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” Trump
Update 5:56 p.m.: Multiple media outlets have identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh.
Update 4:51 p.m.: The FBI now says it is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of Trump. The shots came from "a few hundred feet from where Trump was playing," according to Fox News. "It was the Secret Service that fired the gunshots" after they saw a man carrying a long gun," Fox reported. He reportedly dropped the gun and ran and was apprehended by Secret Service. "
Update 4:51 p.m.: The FBI now says it is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of Trump. The shots came from "a few hundred feet from where Trump was playing," according to Fox News. "It was the Secret Service that fired the gunshots" after they saw a man carrying a long gun," Fox reported. He reportedly dropped the gun and ran and was apprehended by Secret Service. "
Breitbart
Ryan Routh’s confession letter shows how Democrats have stirred up violence against Trump
"The man who intended to murder Donald Trump on Sept. 18 has explained in his own words why he wanted to do it.
The words aren’t only his, though — they’re also the slogans and cliches of Trump’s Democratic opponents, virtually verbatim.
Ryan Routh left a letter with a friend, months ago, to apologize in case his assassination attempt failed.
America’s president, according to the would-be killer, “must at bare minimum embody the moral fabric that is America and be kind, caring, and selfless and always stand for humanity.”
If this all sounds familiar, it’s because Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Trump’s legion of Democratic and ex-Republican detractors have supplied the premises for stopping the former president by any means possible.
The chilling thing about Routh’s letter is that it’s not a mindless, stream-of-consciousness rant: It’s an assassin’s manifesto written in the bland language of ordinary anti-Trump discourse.
Like Routh in his letter, in the 2020 presidential campaign Joe Biden and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand both described Trump as a menace to America’s “moral fabric.”
Routh’s “kind, caring, and selfless” description of a good president — one he presumably wouldn’t murder — sounds generic, yet closely tracks Kamala Harris’ endorsement of Biden four years ago as “kind and endlessly caring” and possessed of “selfless courage.”
In the empty space between his ears there was a great echo chamber, reverberating with whatever he heard from Democrats and the anti-Trump hype machine."
NYP
Would-Be Trump Assassin Wrote Letter Apologizing If He Failed, Offered $150K To ‘Whomever Can Complete the Job’
"Ryan Routh, a 58-year-old man accused of plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month, allegedly penned
SaraCarter
Man with Multiple Guns, Fake VIP Passes Arrested Outside Trump’s Coachella Rally
"A Las Vegas man was arrested on Saturday at a checkpoint near former President Donald Trump’s Coachella, California, rally after being found with multiple guns, according to law enforcement
officials.
In a press release on Sunday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Vem Miller, 49, “was found to be illegally in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.”
“We probably stopped another assassination attempt,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said.
After deputies who had been assigned to Trump’s Coachella came into contact with Miller, who was in a “black SUV at a checkpoint” near the rally, they discovered that he was reportedly illegally in possession of several handguns and was “taken into custody without incident,” according to the press release.
Miller was “later booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center for possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine,” according to the press release."
Trump assassination attempt 911 calls released
"NBC News obtained 15 recordings from the Trump assassination attempt 911 calls following a lawsuit for public records. The 15 recordings are from 911 phone calls made between 6:12 p.m. and 6:47 p.m. on July 13.
The first 911 call, which was made at 6:12 p.m., features a woman telling a 911 operator, “Gunshots at the Trump rally. Gunshots-” before being interrupted by the operator, who assured the woman, “Yep, the police are on their way there.” The woman can then be heard telling the operator, “Better get here quick.”
Shortly after the first 911 call, another woman called, saying, “We’re at the Trump assembly and there’s a guy shooting. He’s been shooting up the place.” Asked if anyone was hurt at the rally, the woman said, “No, no one’s injured. But I’m scared.”
NBC News reported that some of the 911 phone calls were made from places outside of Butler, Pennsylvania, and included adult children who expressed concern for their parents at the rally. A North Carolina man told a 911 operator that his mother, who was at the rally, had contacted him. He said, “She called me saying there’s an active shooter on the ground there.”
Another emergency call, which was transferred to the Butler 911 center from another jurisdiction, featured a woman who said her mother had called her from the rally. She told the operator, “A bunch of people are on the ground and she’s like screaming–” before the operator answered, “Yep, the police are there, they’re taking care of the situation.”
American Military News
"A Las Vegas man was arrested on Saturday at a checkpoint near former President Donald Trump’s Coachella, California, rally after being found with multiple guns, according to law enforcement
officials.
“We probably stopped another assassination attempt,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said.
After deputies who had been assigned to Trump’s Coachella came into contact with Miller, who was in a “black SUV at a checkpoint” near the rally, they discovered that he was reportedly illegally in possession of several handguns and was “taken into custody without incident,” according to the press release.
Miller was “later booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center for possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine,” according to the press release."
Breitbart
Trump assassination attempt 911 calls released
"NBC News obtained 15 recordings from the Trump assassination attempt 911 calls following a lawsuit for public records. The 15 recordings are from 911 phone calls made between 6:12 p.m. and 6:47 p.m. on July 13.
Shortly after the first 911 call, another woman called, saying, “We’re at the Trump assembly and there’s a guy shooting. He’s been shooting up the place.” Asked if anyone was hurt at the rally, the woman said, “No, no one’s injured. But I’m scared.”
NBC News reported that some of the 911 phone calls were made from places outside of Butler, Pennsylvania, and included adult children who expressed concern for their parents at the rally. A North Carolina man told a 911 operator that his mother, who was at the rally, had contacted him. He said, “She called me saying there’s an active shooter on the ground there.”
Another emergency call, which was transferred to the Butler 911 center from another jurisdiction, featured a woman who said her mother had called her from the rally. She told the operator, “A bunch of people are on the ground and she’s like screaming–” before the operator answered, “Yep, the police are there, they’re taking care of the situation.”
American Military News
"An operative working for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told federal investigators that he was tasked in September with
If the plan could not come together in time, the Iranian officials directed Shakeri to delay the plot until after the presidential election because the official "assessed that [Trump] would lose the election," charging documents revealed."
CBS
"John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been so inundated with requests to do something similar to Donald Trump that he felt compelled to address the situation on social media.
How far gone do you have to be to try and enlist a former attempted assassin to take out the new President-elect — and he's telling you to get a grip? Hinckley's comments indicate enough of an onslaught of requests that it needed to be mentioned.
And it's incredibly troublesome considering Democrat rhetoric over the past several months has already led to two attempts on Trump's life — one of which came within a centimeter of killing him and plunging the nation into irreparable chaos.
NBC 4 in Columbus reports that Hinckley's plea is in response "to messages on social media calling for him to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump."
Making matters worse is that some social media users who saw his plea for peace kept egging him on. Most of them focused on what he claims was the motivation to shoot Reagan — his obsession with impressing actress Jodie Foster.
"You know what Jodie Foster would think is REALLY impressive?" one man writes, adding a GIF of Colin Jost saying, "Just saying."
Another chides, "Oh I’m sorry, it’s just I didn’t think you were a QUITTER is all…. Jodie Foster will not be impressed."
With Democrats relentlessly bashing Trump as a dictator representing the end of democracy and equating him to Hitler, who killed millions upon millions, it doesn't seem far-fetched that somebody might want to stop him from taking office in January.
This past Election Day, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a Michigan man for threatening to kill Christian conservatives and Trump himself if he won the election."
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