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Trump countersnipers' chilling text messages before assassination attempt reveal how gunman was one step ahead of Secret Service and local law enforcement
Daily Mail ^ | 07/28/2024 | Stephen Lepore

Posted on 07/28/2024 9:28:26 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano

A series of bombshell text messages from countersnipers who were supposed to protect Donald Trump at the Pennsylvania rally where an assassin's bullet nearly killed the president showed them a step behind the gunman.

Now, it appears a group chat of those meant to protect Trump were aware that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was in their midst over 90 minutes before Trump was shot at, rather than an hour as the FBI had previously claimed.

When one of the three countersnipers was about to call off at the end of their shift at around 4:26pm, they noticed a man who they later confirmed to be Crooks sitting on a picnic table.

'Guys I am out. Be safe,' he wrote. 'Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know. I'm just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there,' he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: butler; butlertrumprally; crooks; failedassassination; j13; thomasmatthewcrooks; trump; trumpshooter; younggenius
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90 minutes before shooting they knew Crooks was a poison pill watching them and scoping the range to the Stage.

Ridiculous doesn’t do justice to the SS / FBi Claims

“He knows you guys are up there.”

1 posted on 07/28/2024 9:28:26 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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2 posted on 07/28/2024 9:29:27 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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So the FBi lied about an hour, it was over 90 minutes before the shooting.

“He knows you guys are up there.”


3 posted on 07/28/2024 9:32:29 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: AnthonySoprano

That explains the bombs in the failed shooter’s car, “parked by our cars”...


4 posted on 07/28/2024 9:33:55 PM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void

JusT weirder and weirder.


5 posted on 07/28/2024 9:37:00 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

A 20 y/o (with a little help from his ‘friend’) had the Secret Service routine all figured out, even before they did!


6 posted on 07/28/2024 9:37:01 PM PDT by lee martell
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Guards! Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
7 posted on 07/28/2024 9:42:25 PM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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>> “one step ahead”

please, stop with the BS


8 posted on 07/28/2024 9:45:33 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: AnthonySoprano
The FBI and the Secret Service were in on the attempted assassination.
9 posted on 07/28/2024 9:53:01 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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Pictures of Crooks sent to SS


Source: NY Post


10 posted on 07/28/2024 9:55:36 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: lee martell
The kid was a loser but he wasn't a retard. He graduated with an associates degree in computers and electronics from the local community college.

Is there a good profile photograph of this boy? From what I've seen it looks like he is missing the end of his nose. This sort of deformation is a possible indications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Several FReepers have commented on Thomas Crooks looking like a FAS kid.

11 posted on 07/28/2024 9:55:48 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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12 posted on 07/28/2024 10:03:39 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Gene Eric

(>> “one step ahead”

please, stop with the BS)

Why is it BS? He crawled up on a roof with over 15 law enforcement officers right beneath him. There’s a new video out showing the officers pouring out of the building after he fired off his rounds.


13 posted on 07/28/2024 10:07:09 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two wen't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I would agree that some of his features appeared oddly under developed. First time I saw his photo, I thought:
“Where is his nose?” His face had a curious convex look to it. Was he hydrocephallic at some point? That appearance could have influenced him being described by former classmates as pretty much a loner.


14 posted on 07/28/2024 10:12:06 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: thegagline

My confirmation of your

thought and opinion are

absolutely correct.

C.Wray head of FBI & in the
House hearings had the gall, the nerve to say
Pres Trump wasnt hit by a bullet & only suffered a small pain
near his ear.

Truly disgraceful for that statement of his echoing & mirroring Merrick Garland’s comment


15 posted on 07/28/2024 10:17:27 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (loose lips sink ships)
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"Sketchy-looking male, approx. 20 years old, fitting classic profile of "lone wolf / crazy loser," sighted! He parked his vehicle next to our S.S. cars! He is observing me returning to my vehicle, carrying my weapon! He knows we have agents stationed on roofs! But my shift is over now, so hey: IT'S MILLER TIME!"

Disgusting!

Agent should have stuck to Crooks like "white on rice," even if his shift was over!

Regards,

16 posted on 07/28/2024 10:18:31 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: thegagline

My confirmation of your

thought and opinion are

absolutely correct.

C.Wray head of FBI & in the
House hearings had the gall, the nerve to say
Pres Trump wasnt hit by a bullet & only suffered a small pain
near his ear.

Truly disgraceful for that statement of his echoing & mirroring Merrick Garland’scommentary on anything is a total bust anyway


17 posted on 07/28/2024 10:23:09 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (loose lips sink ships)
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To: alexander_busek

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Absolutely!

These guys leave a lot to be desired.

“Kid”? How about WM with long brown hair approx 18-23?

I can’t get away from the fact that Crooks did anything he pleased, and no one questioned him and asked him for ID (he wasn’t even carrying ID).

Now, the Deep State is protecting all these agents.


18 posted on 07/28/2024 10:32:43 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: alexander_busek

End of shift meaning go home or end of shift meaning rotate shooters and spotters so they can get a drink, go to the bathroom and give their eyes a rest?


19 posted on 07/28/2024 10:41:39 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: AnthonySoprano
and no one questioned him and asked him for ID (he wasn’t even carrying ID).

In a minimalistic "best-case scenario," an agent would have attached himself to Crooks, made Crooks well aware that there was an agent standing right next to him, made Crooks feel uncomfortable, made Crooks therefore realize that his plan was hopeless.

Wouldn't have even been necessary to directly confront Crooks, demand ID, etc.

Saying this merely as a "thought experiment."

Of course, a more confrontational approach could have also been attempted.

But all they had to do was have an agent "linger" near Crooks, and Crooks would probably have abandoned his plans. That would have required minimal effort - and entailed no need to justify it subsequently (e.g.: "Why were you harassing that poor man?")

Regards,

20 posted on 07/28/2024 10:43:32 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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