https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act
So I’ve already contacted my lawyer, Jackie Chiles .We’re going to sue AOC for causing me emotional distress. According to Mr. Chiles, AOC is…
Posted on 06/07/2026 9:12:17 AM PDT by Twotone
The two men who were wounded in a shooting during then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's 2024 rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds are suing the United States.
James Copenhaver and David Dutch were shot during the attempted assassination of Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Their attorneys filed federal lawsuits against the United States for their "life altering physical and emotional injuries," claiming those injuries were a direct result of negligence on the part of the United States Secret Service. Dutch was shot in the stomach, while Copenhaver was shot twice.
The complaints said, "The assassination attempt on President Trump's life was entirely preventable and was caused, in whole or in part, by the failures of the USSS in the days leading up to the event as well as on the day of the assassination attempt."
The families allege the lack of action by the Secret Service allowed the shooter, Thomas Crooks, who was seen "acting erratically in the hours before the shooting," to climb onto the roof of the AGR building and fire eight shots before being killed by a countersniper.
They said in the lawsuit that agents failed to secure the roof of the AGR building, had "inadequate and improper lines of communication" with local and state agencies, failed to find and question Crooks, and failed to use "drone technology" that would have located Crooks "more than two hours prior to the shooting."
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Lawyer payday!
“Their attorneys filed federal lawsuits against the United States for their “life altering physical and emotional injuries,” claiming those injuries were a direct result of negligence on the part of the United States Secret Service.”
USSS attorney: Your honor, we ask that the case be dismissed. Negligence on the part of the USSS was not a factor.” ...
It would make more sense to sue the DNC and leftist media outlets.
> negligence on the part of the United States Secret Service
They should sue Christopher Wray and Kimberly Cheatle or at least include them in the lawsuit.
Discovery be the key here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act
So I’ve already contacted my lawyer, Jackie Chiles .We’re going to sue AOC for causing me emotional distress. According to Mr. Chiles, AOC is…
Must be a “Crump” like attorney who latched onto them...
Would this be the assassination attempt that the left claims didn’t really happen and was just a ploy by Trump, who wasn’t actually shot, to help his failing campaign? /s
Or the FBI and cops who were alerted by ordinary bystanders there was a shooter on the roof yet did nothing about it...
I usually hate these lawsuits but i’m all for this one- they let it happen so now make them pay....
“Negligence”? If I’m on the jury they can safely charge complicity.
this
Even negligence is covered by immunity when it comes to government employees. A government agency doesn’t even have to respond to a violent criminal that threatens you. They can stand by, sit and do nothing as your demise becomes statistics. One could argue that’s the preferred role to play based on risk analysis to the state.
The USSS was deliberately negligent.
Seems you should expect life altering physical and emotional injuries if you try to kill the president.
Should be suing soros
"The assassination attempt on President Trump's life was entirely preventable and was caused, in whole or in part, by the failures of the USSS and abetted by the Democrat Party in the days leading up to the event as well as on the day of the assassination attempt."
These men were in the stands, same as Corey Comperatore.
Thanks. I did not read the article properly.
They’re not wrong. SS failed astoundingly that day. I don’t know what took them so long.
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