[enumerated]

Definition of insanity:

Believing over and over again that the assassin (not available for questioning) acted alone.

[Robert357]

The layer upon layer of excuses is pretty compelling condemnation of either a grossly incompetent Secret Service or one that actually wanted Trump to be assassinated. It is truly one or the other, and it looks more like an attempted politically motivated assassination.

It would be interesting if Wikileaks published some leaked data or some other source found and published such data.

[OrioleFan]

If the SS could off him after he got off 8 shots, they could have offed him before he shot. They obviously saw him.

[laplata]

This whole thing could have been a Tom Clancey book.

[mware]

Yup, knowing Iran had plot to kill Trump they have had lacked security on Trump. As it is a 20 year old was taking the shot instead of an Iranian agent. BREAKING Secret Service Head subpoenad to appear at Mondays meeting.

[Labyrinthos]

I agree that the Deep State set the stage for the assassination attempt. But why use a 20 year old kid with no police or military experience, who was not good enough to make his high school rife team? On the other hand Crooks would have succeeded if not for Trump’s head twitch a split second before he was struck. Maybe Crooks had undergone Deep State training. Maybe he was promised big bucks to assassinate Trump and never thought that he wouldn’t survive to spend the money. Maybe a professional; “hitman” turned the job down because he knew it would be his last shot.

There no such thing as a coincidence, but if there are, the sheer number of SS errors and omissions points to only one conclusion — The Deep State tried to take Trump out.

[Who is John Galt?]

It's interesting to consider what the media coverage would look like, if Mr. Trump was in the White House and Mr. Biden had been wounded at the rally. I have no doubt that the media would be screaming that the President had foreknowledge of the attempted murder of his opponent - his refusal to surrender his party's nomination to a better qualified candidate, his comment that his opponent was going to have a bad week, and his declaration that his opponent would be challenged as never before, all suggest he expected his opponent to soon exit the race. And the gaping holes in rally security, coincident with a one-in-a-million assassination attempt, would be attributed to intent, rather than mere happenstance. The media would be demanding the President's resignation or immediate impeachment...

[fuzzylogic]

“created the conditions that led to an attempted assassin shooting”

It had to be more than that. Just having a vulnerability means nothing if nobody exploits it. That somebody was ready to exploit it implies a far more sinister plan.

Just being lax with security isn’t inherently a “plan to commit an assassination”. This was, the shooter had to know where and when.

[Ragnar54]

There is more to this. Back before my unfortunate boating accident, I used to engage in target practice (oh how I miss my guns!). Like most mere mortals with no professional experience, I considered 100 yards (never mind 150!) to be a long distance shot, with a low percentage of hits. It beggars belief that the FJB regime would go to so much trouble and have everything depend on a shot from a non-professional.

Perhaps Crooks was dead before the assassination attempt and there was a pro who took the shot. There was a picture of Crooks with dried (too dry?) blood on his body. Once enough people had seen him walking around with a rifle, he was no longer needed except as a corpse. A pro would have been able to access and leave the roof without attracting attention. Perhaps the pro was a member of the Secret Service team in the building. How many times has such a scenario been depicted in a Bond film? How many members of the Secret Service were in on this?

[JimRed]

...To Allow An Assassination Attempt

To ALLOW it, or to ATTEMPT it?

[JimRed]

...To Allow An Assassination Attempt

To ALLOW it, or to ATTEMPT it?

[stockpirate]

Leep in mind that Biden said last week that Trump will have a bad week next week.

[DeplorablePaul]

Yes. The attempted assassination was logical next step for Beelzebub Biden. The DOJ FBI, SS cannot be trusted to investigate this matter.

[Jumper]

Jill Biden is 2x connected to this assination. Ahe hired her, and then pulled from the security detail.

Only takes one NSA patroit to release the voice and/or data regarding this. NSA can oull from phone intercepts, alexa, google, etc., and just needs to sort the White House data archieves.

[MeanWestTexan]

Dirty Joe’s pointed question to Trump “Why did you turn your head to the right at that exact moment?” is deeply curious to me.

Sounds very much like he knew what was up and what went wrong.