Posted on 09/04/2024 10:22:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Tuesday night, Fox News’ Jesse Watters reported on shocking new revelations about the handling of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. These revelations raise serious concerns about the transparency of the Secret Service and FBI.
According to Watters, “Every couple of weeks, the FBI and Secret Service give us, you know, drip, drip, drip. Little info on the Trump shooting, but it never amounts to anything. The real investigative work is being done by Congress.”
He cited a new report from Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) that has uncovered crucial details about the incident. Higgins' findings reveal that a local Butler, Pa., SWAT team operator was the first to engage Thomas Crooks, damaging his rifle and effectively ending his shooting spree before the Secret Service could fully neutralize the threat.
"I didn't know that," Watters remarked. This critical piece of information contrasts sharply with the testimony of acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr., who failed to mention the local officer's role and took credit on behalf of the agency for neutralizing the threat.
"New images released by the FBI show Crooks's rifle with apparently a damaged stock from the local officer's shot. But when the acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe testified, he made no mention of this local officer, gave his agency total credit for bringing down Crooks."
Here's what Rowe said in his testimony:
I am extremely proud of these actions and those taken by the countersniper team to neutralize the threat that prevented further loss of life, and I applaud the actions of our tactical teams that responded so quickly. The Secret Service counter sniper neutralized the assailant within seconds after the assailant fired his weapon.
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Who, that was paying attention, didn’t know this two weeks ago? I did. I saw the pictures of the rifle stock. That is also where the bullet wound in the kids leg came from supposedly.
Hmmm.. I didn’t know he was alive
According to Wikipedia he is still alive (80 years old), and they are usually pretty quick to update a biography when the person dies. Anyway it would have been in the news if he died.
“Those SS b*st*rds stood him up right after the shooting, presumably to offer the shooter another shot.”
And how were they supposed to get him to the vehicle? Snap their fingers? Press the EASY button? Cross their arms and bow their heads like Jeanie? Twitch their noses? Or say beam us up Mr Scott?
They didn’t stand him up to move until AFTER it was confirmed the shooter was down.
“ And how were they supposed to get him to the vehicle? Snap their fingers? Press the EASY button? Cross their arms and bow their heads like Jeanie? Twitch their noses? Or say beam us up Mr Scott?”
They would have huddled around him, kept him covered and low while they hustled him out of there. Smart a**.
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