{"id":7694,"date":"2024-09-18T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=7694"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:04:50","slug":"well-take-care-of-it-grassley-reveals-never-before-heard-claim-from-first-trump-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/well-take-care-of-it-grassley-reveals-never-before-heard-claim-from-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/phouck\/2024\/09\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We’ll Take Care of It’: Grassley Reveals Never-Before-Heard Claim From First Trump Assassination Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iowa’s senior U.S. senator, Chuck Grassley, has disclosed findings from his office\u2019s investigation into the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a July 13 rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Revealing the latest<\/a> to Fox News, Grassley’s office shared concerning security lapses by the Secret Service, which had assured local law enforcement that it would secure the American Glass Research (AGR) building overlooking Trump\u2019s rally \u2013 an assurance that was not fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building in question was later used by Thomas Matthews Crooks, the would-be assassin who fired eight shots at Trump in under 30 seconds. Three rallygoers were hit, one fatally, and Trump himself was grazed by a bullet that came within an inch of his head. Despite these dangers, no law enforcement personnel were stationed on the roof where Crooks had taken his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Butler County law enforcement officials stated that at separate times during the walkthrough, when they reiterated their concerns to the agents and counter sniper about securing the AGR complex buildings, the agents responded: \u2018we will take care of it,\u2019” Grassley’s office revealed in a Tuesday letter to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Iowa senator questioned Rowe whether the Butler County law enforcement officials’ claim is true and, if so, what the Secret Service did to secure the area with the AGR complex buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grassley noted that in the weeks following the first assassination attempt, Rowe told senators during<\/a> a hearing, “what was communicated is that the locals had a plan and that they had been there before,” in regard to the roof of the AGR building where Crooks took his shots from. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Crooks’ final location was only discovered when bystanders noticed him army-crawling toward Trump. A local police officer attempted to access the roof, prompting Crooks to rush his first shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Startling video footage, obtained by Fox News more than two weeks after the incident, showed a figure believed to be Crooks moving across the roof of the AGR building three minutes before the attack. FBI officials later revealed that Crooks accessed the roof by climbing HVAC equipment and piping, moving across multiple rooftops to establish his position about 450 feet from Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CRAZY. This video is from James Copenhaver – one of the bystanders who was shot twice and critically wounded during the assassination attempt against Trump. It CLEARLY shows Crooks' head scurrying on the rooftop moments before the shooting.

Takeaway: Secret Service BLEW IT and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/1rP6083ZFH<\/a><\/p>— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) July 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>