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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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To: KarlInOhio
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?

Irrelevant! Don't care!

If I'm a S.S. agent, and see a sketchy guy - "Parked next to us! Sees me returning with my gun to our vehicle! Knows we're on the roofs!" - I piss down my leg, if need be - but I STAY ON TARGET!

Regards,

21 posted on 07/28/2024 10:47:49 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: AnthonySoprano
They have tried to kill our candidate, didn't work, replaced theirs to make a surge, switch the polls to much closer than they could with fjb and now rig the steal.

Venezuela and Maduro are taking lessons from the dnc and the deep state.

22 posted on 07/28/2024 10:50:19 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: AnthonySoprano

A shift change during a short-term, important event???


23 posted on 07/28/2024 11:03:40 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Macho MAGA Man; AnthonySoprano

>> Why is it BS? He crawled up on a roof with over 15 law enforcement officers right beneath him.

And numerous attendees pointed him out. The idea that Crooks eluded enforcement by being “one step ahead” is absurd regardless of whatever the dubious “chilling text message” conveys.


24 posted on 07/28/2024 11:28:38 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: AnthonySoprano

It’s unclear to me when and from where he got his rifle. He wasn’t just walking around with a rifle the whole time, was he? Had he stashed it somewhere near the building ahead of time?


25 posted on 07/29/2024 1:09:54 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Gene Eric

What BS?


26 posted on 07/29/2024 1:52:31 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: AnthonySoprano

The whole thing is a complete cockup. Everyone saying someone else should probably do something. Everyone waiting for someone higher up to decide what should be done. People at lower rungs apparently having learned to wait for direction on matters that should be in their own purview. This to me all indicates a complete lack of leadership and discipline.


27 posted on 07/29/2024 3:00:20 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Gene Eric

Measured and considered responses are not always appreciated here.


28 posted on 07/29/2024 3:12:33 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

thesligoduffyflynns wrote: “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.”

Here’s what Wray said: “‘With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,’ Wray said.

‘I don’t know right now whether that bullet, in addition to causing the grazing, could have landed somewhere else.’

Wray clearly states that Trump was grazed by “that bullet”. The question posed by Wray is where “that bullet” finally landed.


29 posted on 07/29/2024 4:23:07 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

The fact that Trump was not stopped from going on stage makes it clear that the deep state wanted him dead.


30 posted on 07/29/2024 4:25:50 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: lee martell

“had the Secret Service routine all figured out, even before they did!”

I’m more inclined to believe that he had it “all figured out” because next-level SS had placed him there and he was implementing The Plan.


31 posted on 07/29/2024 4:49:19 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: AnthonySoprano

1. When and where did Crooks stash his rifle?
2. Why was the rifle not discovered during the police securing the area?
3. What was the SS plan for the local cops in that building?
4. Why did the SS have no contact with the other counter-sniper teams until after the shooting?
5. Why was the counter-sniper team inside the building rather than on the roof?

Just a beginning list of questions.


32 posted on 07/29/2024 5:35:41 AM PDT by Bryan24
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To: AnthonySoprano
The readers' comments on the Daily Mail are very interesting.
33 posted on 07/29/2024 6:18:46 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--President Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024)
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To: thegagline

Of course they were in on it. Highly orchestrated negligence.


34 posted on 07/29/2024 7:09:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY (even that I saw out of Hill hearings to-date) has gleaned information from what came out of the command center which was supposed to be routing communications between local LEO and USSS, including command decisions.

That’s a real problem, and ‘text messages’ just don’t cut it.

(who the hell directs counter snipers to ‘text’ anyway????!!!!)


35 posted on 07/29/2024 7:11:35 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: alexander_busek

Yes, pretty freaking disgusting. He should have detained that kid and called the cops over and then gone home.


36 posted on 07/29/2024 7:14:33 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: AnthonySoprano

These articles affirm that the deep state is populated by clods and morons who operate on the low end of the IQ scale. Any notion that the deep state is composed of intelligent people is both a lie and propaganda.


37 posted on 07/29/2024 8:20:18 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: Bryan24

Agreed—there are many many questions that remain unanswered.

At this point we probably know less than 10% of what we need to know about what went on that day.


38 posted on 07/29/2024 8:25:06 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: sergeantdave

The Deep State has killed a lot of folks without anyone (except a patsy) being charged for anything.

That sounds rather clever to me.


39 posted on 07/29/2024 8:26:16 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

“The Deep State has killed a lot of folks without anyone (except a patsy) being charged for anything.”

Since, as you noted, nobody in the deep state has been charged and convicted in a killing, trying to prove that the deep state “killed lots of folks” will be difficult.

OTOH, I can prove that the deep state’s stupidity has resulted in many deaths.


40 posted on 07/29/2024 8:52:18 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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