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FBI surprised how Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks fired off many shots before Secret Service killed him at rally
New York Post ^ | July 14, 2024 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 07/14/2024 12:48:16 AM PDT by Angelino97

Law enforcement officials admitted it was “surprising” how the gunman was able to get so many shots off in the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump before he was taken out by Secret Service snipers.

During a press conference early Sunday, officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police deferred several questions about security to the Secret Service — who were notably absent.

When asked if he was surprised at the number of shots the gunman was able to take at a former president, Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, said: “It is surprising but, to get all the details of that will come out later in the investigation.”

“The Secret Service really needs to answer that question,” he added, noting that they are in charge of securing the scene and the FBI were just there to support them.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens attempted to offer a defense for the Secret Service over the security lapse that nearly caused Trump his life.

“In their defense, what I would want to say is it is incredibly difficult to have a venue open to the public and secure that against any possible threat against a determined attacker, that’s a huge lift to try and do it,” Bidens told reporters.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: assassinationattempt; bidensfault; dei; doj; fallguys; fbi; feminism; fib; hillarysfault; incompetence; maxwellyearick; merrickgarland; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; nlz; obamasfault; pennsylvania; secretservice; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks; thomasmcrooks; trump; trumpshotbutokay
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To: CFW

Soon it will be gunfire erupted at the Trump rally.


61 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:54 AM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: basalt
SS Left a rooftop 120 yards away open for use as an assassin's shooting position. If it were a TV movie script we'd be laughing at it for its absurdity.

Truth is, Tucker Carlson predicted this.

62 posted on 07/14/2024 2:19:06 AM PDT by OKSooner (FREE BANNON!!!)
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To: Rdct29
incompetence or it was allowed on purpose. Those are the only two possibilities.


There is a third possibility - that Trumps security detail is is way too small and over stretched to do the job properly.

Biden's secret service head has intentionally been not providing adequate resources to Trump and completely denying them for RFKJr

In Trump's case, think about how many demands have been made on his SS staff with multiple trial dates for malicious prosecutions in hostile locations and multiple campaign events around the country.

The tempo of work for these people has been off the charts and a lot of it has been done intentionally by the Biden Admin to over whelm and over stress not just Trump but his security as well Trump That said, this is a pretty huge breakdown in security by the boots on the ground SS and it really needs to be looked at.

But I think the real issue here is the Biden Admin's weaponization of the SS against political rivals and even Supreme Court Justices by the willful and malicious withholding of security assets from Trump and RFK Jr in hopes of intimidatingn them or having them restrict their campaigns or risk assassinations.

Several of the Supreme Court Justices also had assassination threats by Antifa style protesters illegally gathered outside their homes at all hours.

The Biden Admin refused to have law enforcement remove the protesters and also refuse them security details until there was a serious assassination attempt on one of the justices.

63 posted on 07/14/2024 2:23:19 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: ifinnegan

I don’t know anything about tactics and how quickly he should have been shot, but of course he shouldn’t have been able to get there to begin with.

He/they had their chance. I dont know which yet.

I assume he will be blanketed by security now and for a wide swath of area....maybe places easier to protect.


64 posted on 07/14/2024 2:25:46 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: hole_n_one

OMG

I hadn’t seen this layout.

I dont think this punk was in any major conspiracy.

But it is possible that protection was “lax” maybe..accidentally on purpose?

I dunno


65 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:12 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: cnsmom

Prayers for protection for RPOTUS DONALD J TRUMP.


66 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:30 AM PDT by antceecee ( )
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To: Angelino97

...The Day of the Jackel...


67 posted on 07/14/2024 2:29:21 AM PDT by trfree98 (Xiden: Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste... )
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To: Darksheare

I just said kind of the same thing. Not as well :)

Iagine, we have to HOPE it was incompetence?

what a day


68 posted on 07/14/2024 2:29:30 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: hole_n_one

The pic makes it obvious that there was some carelessness afoot. I had thought that Trump’s own security team would have covered all those points or demanded that SS do it. Now I wonder if some SS are suborned.


69 posted on 07/14/2024 2:32:24 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Ts)
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To: thescourged1

On the video you can hear somebody say “Shooter is down”; and then they get the President up. (Could have been more shooters though).

After he is standing, Trump says something how he wants his shoes!


70 posted on 07/14/2024 2:33:35 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Angelino97

“In their defense, what I would want to say is it is incredibly difficult to have a venue open to the public and secure that against any possible threat against a determined attacker, that’s a huge lift to try and do it,” Bidens told reporters.
That’s their damned job!


71 posted on 07/14/2024 2:36:04 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Angelino97

Any report on the type of rifle the shooter used?


72 posted on 07/14/2024 2:36:51 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco
"An AR-type rifle" is all that has been said, I believe.

Probably a safe bet that it was a 5.56.

73 posted on 07/14/2024 2:45:27 AM PDT by OKSooner (FREE BANNON!!!)
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To: basalt

Oh so it’s two injured attendees and one dead one now....the casualty reports keep getting larger(not counting the assassin creep)


74 posted on 07/14/2024 2:51:50 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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To: ifinnegan

Diversity and Biden Regime supposedly denied more security for event?


75 posted on 07/14/2024 2:54:59 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Biden can be done without fanfare with a simple pillow and some downward pressure or with something added to his medication. However, they might feel they need the sympathy reaction vote that making a “martyr” of him would supposedly get.


76 posted on 07/14/2024 2:55:56 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Og)
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To: monkeyshine

when this first happened, i was hitting all the cable channels trying to get info. Shannon Bream at Fox was the worst...that little snot wouldnt even say there was blood on Trumps face for at least 15 minutes. The bubble head actually said it could maybe just be “firecrackers”. Shes supposedly the “down the middle journalist” at Fox. Everytime she has a Republican on, she makes sure she answers them back with democrat talking points. She fools no one, shes a Trump hater thru and thru.


77 posted on 07/14/2024 2:57:53 AM PDT by basalt
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To: 21twelve

During the 2000 campaign one of the candidates came to ATL, I think Gore. I was working in a downtown high rise 15 or 20 floors up. From my office we could see counter snipers on roofs. 6 rooftops is nothing. This was either raw incompetence or, worse, a planned lapse. And no, I do not think the latter impossible.


78 posted on 07/14/2024 2:58:58 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Trump moved his head at last second before he could have been killed. The shooter did not really “miss.”


79 posted on 07/14/2024 2:59:34 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: hole_n_one
Especially when you ignore the most obvious places one might want to use…....

It was not incompetence.
It was intentional.

80 posted on 07/14/2024 3:04:44 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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