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Secret Service Director Gives Bizarre Reason Why An Agent Wasn't On The Roof Where Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks Opened Fire On Trump As She Rejects Calls To Resign
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| 07/16/24
| Geoff Earl
Posted on 07/16/2024 8:04:02 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Embattled Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle has revealed the fateful reason why her agency failed to position an agent on top of the building that a gunman used to carry out an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Cheatle, who is already facing calls to resign over what some lawmakers are calling a massive security failure, said Secret Service officials planning security for Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania considered the warehouse about 150 yards away from where Trump spoke to be a risky position for stationing an agent.
'That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,' she told ABC News in an interview Tuesday.
'And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.'
What transpired instead was a security nightmare: Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to scale the building and secure his own position, while law enforcement struggled to locate him even amid pressing warnings from members of the Trump crowd. But there wasn't sufficient time to act on the tips, she explalined.
'The shooter was actually identified as a potential person of suspicion,' Cheatle said. 'Unfortunately, with the rapid succession of how things unfolded, by the time that individual was eventually located, they were on the rooftop and were able to fire off at the former president.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cheatle; director; excuses; j13; kimberlycheatle; kimcheatle; noslope; outsidetheperimeter; roof; secretservice; slanted; slopedroof; thomasmatthewcrooks
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To: Enlightened1
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posted on
07/17/2024 1:23:20 AM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: Fai Mao
DEIs
* Dumb
* Entitled
* Ignorant
* Solipsism
282
posted on
07/17/2024 1:27:53 AM PDT
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Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: Sicon
283
posted on
07/17/2024 1:50:20 AM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: butterdezillion
Sure Kill Roof.
“Approved”
284
posted on
07/17/2024 1:55:02 AM PDT
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Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: rdcbn1
285
posted on
07/17/2024 1:58:00 AM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: Sicon
286
posted on
07/17/2024 1:58:21 AM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: MayflowerMadam
...and was her speech tonight cover?
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posted on
07/17/2024 2:01:57 AM PDT
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Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: catnipman
288
posted on
07/17/2024 2:07:58 AM PDT
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Varsity Flight
( "War by π the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
“That is a video of Hawley and Granholm, not Cheatle.”
Sorry. My error.
However, it’s a good indication of what’s to come.
:)
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posted on
07/17/2024 2:11:04 AM PDT
by
Does so
( πΊπ¦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover... )
To: Enlightened1
She’s stupid. And incompetent. Time for the DEI chick to step down.
290
posted on
07/17/2024 4:08:36 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Trump was NOT Hitler last time. He won't be a dictator this time. Democrats and the MSM lie. )
To: GOPJ
“Sheβs stupid. And incompetent.”
Her best feature is that she takes orders from her superiors perfectly. She didn’t come up with this assassination attempt on her own.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:23:45 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. π³)
To: MayflowerMadam
What does it mean this gunman on the roof? Why did he pick such curious a place? It might not mean a thing but then again it might. What does it mean this gunman on the roof let’s wait for him to shoot and see!
To: Boardwalk
This gunman on the roof a most unlikely sight. It might not mean a thing but then again it might.
To: Tom Tetroxide
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:51:30 AM PDT
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: 1Old Pro
295
posted on
07/17/2024 4:51:59 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Aevery_Freeman
296
posted on
07/17/2024 4:59:10 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: wildcard_redneck
put it in
photoshop and measure the slope for yourself!
297
posted on
07/17/2024 5:00:21 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Brown Deer
Two gun tripods and one camera tripod.
298
posted on
07/17/2024 5:04:08 AM PDT
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Nogara
We know the kid liked gaming.What male doesn't?
299
posted on
07/17/2024 5:05:17 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: MNJohnnie
It appears that way, but the view is not perpendicular to the side of the building.
300
posted on
07/17/2024 5:06:29 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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