Iowa’s senior U.S. senator, Chuck Grassley, has disclosed findings from his office’s investigation into the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a July 13 rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Revealing the latest 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’s rally – an assurance that was not fulfilled.
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.
“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: ‘we will take care of it,’” Grassley’s office revealed in a Tuesday letter to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe.
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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.
Grassley noted that in the weeks following the first assassination attempt, Rowe told senators during 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.
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.
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.
The Secret Service was aware of a potential threat 10 minutes before Trump took the stage but allowed the event to proceed. Additionally, a local law enforcement countersniper had flagged the shooter as suspicious over an hour before the attack due to his use of a rangefinder and his possession of a backpack.
Grassley’s investigation raises serious questions about the security protocols in place during the rally and the Secret Service’s handling of the potential threat.
Read Grassley’s letter to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe here:
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Can we stop deluding ourselves?
Secret Service is owned and operated by the radical left! They stood down and ignored the shooter (they KNEW was there) as they were instructed!
This plan was implemented by the top of the SS hierarchy! This was planned by the ruthless Communists who hijacked our government! This was no slip-up!
I don’t want to hear, “there are some good agents!” Nonsense! If there were, they’d all be lined up to be whistleblowers exposing the internal treachery! Where are the “good guys?” Accept it. There aren’t any brave enough to defend America against the infiltrators. They’re all implicated!
Secret Service must be dismantled, and administrators tried for treason!
I totally agree with the comment above. This government from the very top, including all 3 letter agencies, are totally involved with every effort made to eliminate my President. They are all on board to turn America into a Communist State, never forget this. Congress and the courts are also on board with everything taking place in America, if you do not believe this, you are an idiot.They hate this country with a passion as well as most of us that are not in their elite circles. We have the ability to stop this on Election Day, will we?
if this was 30 -40 years ago, heads would ROLL and the SS torn apart, people filed and maybe even jailed for CONSPIRACY and TREASON for attempting to assasinate a former POTUS.
Instead, we get “nothing to see here”
EVERYONE involved should not only be FIRED, they should lose all government pensions and stipends. Put them out on the streets, penniless.
ENOUGH