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Report: Secret Service Reportedly Ignored Warning About Man With Rifle on Roof
PJ Media ^ | 07/13/2024 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 07/13/2024 7:33:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

An eyewitness at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania claims he saw a man with a rifle on a rooftop. He said he warned authorities but was ignored.

"We couldn't see [Trump], but we could hear him. So we walked up probably five to seven minutes from Trump speaking—I'm estimating here, I've no idea. But we noticed the guy crawling, bear-crawling up the roof of the building beside us, fifty feet away from us. So we're standing there, you know, we're pointing, we're pointing at that guy crawling up the roof."

"He had a gun, right?" a BBC reporter asked him.

"He had a rifle," the witness confirmed. "We could see him clearly with a rifle. Absolutely. We're pointing at him. The police are down there running around on the ground. We're like, 'Hey, man, this guy on the roof with a rifle.' And the police were like, 'Huh?" you know, like, like, they didn't know what was going on. You know, we're like, 'Hey, right here on the roof! We can see from right here. We see him! He's crawling.'"

He continued, "And next thing you know, I'm like, I'm thinking myself, I'm like, 'Why is Trump still speaking? Why have they not pulled him off the stage?' I'm standing there, pointing at him for... you know... two or three minutes. Secret Service is looking at us from the top of the barn. I'm pointing at that roof. Just standing there like this [gestures]. And next thing you know, five shots rang out."

"And you're certain the shots came from that guy on the roof?" the reporter asked.

"A hundred percent. Hundred percent."

"And he was up there for a couple of minutes?"

"Absolutely. At least three or four minutes."

"And you were telling police and the Secret Service?"

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assasination; assassinationattempt; butler; fakenews; godlovestrump; insidejob; mayorkas; pennsylvania; plausibledeniability; secretservice; shooter; trump; trumprally; trumpshot; trumpshotbutokay
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

The Secret Service head was on Biden’s detail when he was vp.
Close relationship?


41 posted on 07/13/2024 8:19:22 PM PDT by surrey
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To: TigerClaws

We were inches from losing our candidate tonight.>>> Millimeters. Turn you head to the right, Put your finger on the top of your ear. then turn your head back straight keeping your finger stationary.


42 posted on 07/13/2024 8:25:29 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: gnarledmaw

there were cops and SS right there where the witness was.


43 posted on 07/13/2024 8:26:26 PM PDT by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

And they waited until he fired. >>>> clearly. the checked to his left to see if Trump was taken out.


44 posted on 07/13/2024 8:27:08 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: SeekAndFind

Theconservativetreehouse.com has a video showing the SS sniper targeting the shooter BEFORE the shooter attempts to kill Trump. Then, after the SS lets the shooter take his shots, then and only then does the SS sniper take him out.

This looks like a setup with the SS being in on it. Only taking the shooter out after he had killed Trump.


45 posted on 07/13/2024 8:30:13 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: surrey

Maybe she liked to watch him when he purposely swam naked in his pool in front of them... this happened, folks. The pervo got off flashing the female agents— apparently the one who didn’t give him any trouble about it— gets promoted. There was one female agent who majorly complained and was loudly reprimanded and then re-assigned.

Paedo Pete (Hunter’s email name for him— haha,) was at it all the time dirty pervo paedophile disrespecting his own protective detail. This is some real crap.


46 posted on 07/13/2024 8:46:52 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Chgogal

TRUMP asked for additional agents & Biden said NO.


47 posted on 07/13/2024 8:48:06 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: moonhawk

According to the witness they were not there. They were, “down over there running around.”

What that means I have no idea other than that they were in the same place and didnt have the exact same vantage point.

If there was the slightest bit of “down” as in elevation change, then they wouldnt be able to see the same thing as the witness.

Why didnt they go up over here and stop running around? Well that I dont know.


48 posted on 07/13/2024 8:53:27 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: FlyingEagle

Chris Wray will ignore congress next week.


49 posted on 07/13/2024 9:06:26 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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To: gnarledmaw

Understood. But they told the cops who were there, and they did nothing. I’m not going to jump to conclusions, but it looks really bad.

I want to see the interview CBS did with a different witness who saw the same thing.


50 posted on 07/13/2024 9:08:12 PM PDT by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
And if the SS didn’t see the shooter in advance, then how was it they immediately took him down after the shooting???

That's exactly the question I have as well.

51 posted on 07/13/2024 9:14:41 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: TigerClaws

“Secret Service is clearly compromised...”

His sons will be telling him...fire your SS contingent and DO NOT LET THEM NEAR YOU EVER AGAIN!!!


52 posted on 07/13/2024 9:15:10 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: gnarledmaw
First, let me say I think this was a big f’up with plenty of blame to go around. The SS didn’t secure all the elevated positions - that could be the security detail’s fault. It could also be senior management’s fault if (as has been reported) they intentionally prevented the requested additional manpower and allowed the detail to be short-handed - forcing the detail to make the least bad plan, man likely attack positions and hope to cover others by fire.

That said…..

The witness even said he didn’t think the snipers could see the would be assassin from their vantage point. It’s also likely someone doing overwatch from an elevated platform would see the commotion outside the perimeter carrying on and pointing (ie the witness trying to alert law enforcement/SS) and then attempt to get glass on likely hides.

As you said they can’t just start blasting holes in a building. Further, we don’t know what the witnesses ACTUALLY said when hollering about a man with a gun, or if the people he shouted at/to had the same line of sight and could see a man with a gun.

“He’s got a gun on the roof” is next to useless information if there are several roofs the man could be on. We also don’t know how many people were yelling, which also adds to the confusion. It’s the same reason the military uses ADDRAC (alert direction description range assignment control) when alerting others to the threat, it provides very clear information on what the threat is and where the threat is located. Further, not to impugn the witness - it’s possible the witness’ timeline is skewed. In a high stress high adrenaline situation the mind perceives things as slowing down. What takes only a few seconds can feel like an eternity.

When the BBC reporter asked how long Trump had been speaking, the witness provided a timeline and then caveated he was just guessing. It is very possible the witnesses fight, flight, or freeze was kicking into overdrive particularly as he was still processing the surreal likelihood he was about to witness an assassination attempt and the actual lead up seemed longer to him than it was. Not only that, but the security detail also had to hear, process, and respond to the same. The “fog of war” is very real.

We also don’t know if one of the local police and/or SS heard the witness and bystanders and if they radioed that information - likely something to the effect of ‘possible man on a roof with a gun.’ My assessment is that’s less likely as none of the bodyguards in proximity to Trump seem to move toward him until after shots were fired. However, maybe they did and their protocol is to identify threats first and that’s what they were doing…IDK their protocols in the event there’s not an ACTUALLY identified threat.

53 posted on 07/13/2024 9:20:43 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: libertylover
Here is a video of cops returning fire even before Trump hitting the floor.

Proof positive they Secret Service watched the sniper on the roof before they returned fire.

54 posted on 07/13/2024 9:32:06 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: janetjanet998

It looks like he already had the shooter in sights but waited. What?


55 posted on 07/13/2024 9:33:54 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yeah. Did you see all the pretty little Secret Service gals try to get Trump secured?

They failed. Trump would not be pushed away until he raised his fist in triumph.


56 posted on 07/13/2024 9:33:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Repeat Offender

““He’s got a gun on the roof” is next to useless information if there are several roofs the man could be on.”

One clarification—the witnesses were pointing to the exact spot where the shooter was—not “several roofs”. In fact there was only one building in that general direction.


57 posted on 07/13/2024 9:35:26 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Repeat Offender
Yes, absolutely.

This thread could probably stand for some reality also if you havent seen it.

58 posted on 07/13/2024 9:47:06 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: TigerClaws

After watching this, holy cow. The sniper had the dude in his cross hairs watching him take his shot.
I don’t see the sniper acquiring the target and taking a shot in micro seconds after the dude shot.
Queue the captain in Top Gun… “You will not fire unless you witness a hostile act”


59 posted on 07/13/2024 11:35:53 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: SeekAndFind
After reading this guy's testimony, I absolutely believe this was a Biden Regime-affected assassination attempt.

After what was basically a collapse of the leftist/globalist lawfare against Trump I insisted to my wife that the US "Government" was soon going to attempt to assassinate him. After The Potato's disastrous debate performance I was 100% they'd give it a go - and soon.

My wife, who's a devout Catholic, insisted that God was not going to let the demonic, leftist/globalist filth accomplish that. She has been adamant about that - unshakeable in her assertion to the point it was starting to annoy me.

At this point, I suspect she might have been right!

60 posted on 07/14/2024 1:47:37 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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