US Secret Service Suspends Agents in Trump Shooting Probe
The US Secret Service has reportedly suspended a regional director and several agents as it probes the “operational failure” that almost got Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump killed last month.
Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 when an assassin opened fire from the roof of a nearby building. While Trump was only grazed because he turned his head at the very last moment, the shooter killed one member of the audience and seriously injured two more.
On Friday, CBS News reported that the USSS “has placed multiple agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office,” citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to confirm or deny the claim, saying only that the “mission assurance review is progressing.”
Shortly after the CBS report, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, published a letter to the acting USSS director Ronald Rowe, saying that a whistleblower has contradicted his sworn testimony to Congress.
The whistleblower, said Hawley, alleged that “officials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the trip not to request any additional security assets in its formal manpower request–effectively denying these assets through informal means.” Rowe, however, told Congress that no assets were denied.
“You must explain this apparent contradiction immediately,” Hawley wrote. “Your actions to place some field agents on leave are not enough.”
According to the Secret Service and the FBI, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to get onto the roof of a building overlooking Trump’s rally with a rifle and fire at least eight shots before he was neutralized by a USSS counter-sniper.
Kimberly Cheatle, who headed the Secret Service at the time, told reporters that the building was not part of the security perimeter and agents weren’t placed on the roof because it was too sloped to be safe. She ended up resigning ten days after the shooting.
The FBI, which is investigating the assassination attempt, has not published any findings about Crooks or his motivation. Congressman Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican, has accused the bureau of effectively covering up the shooting and destroying evidence.
According to Higgins, the FBI “released the crime scene” after just three days, cleaned up the blood and other “biological evidence” from the roof, and allowed Crooks’ family to cremate him on July 23, thereby making it impossible to verify any autopsy results – which were still pending as of August 5.
Maher & Carville Stunned By RFK Jr.’s Endorsement of Trump: ‘What Do We Make of This?’
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher and Democrat political strategist James Carville struggled to come to grips with Robert F. Kennedy’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Friday.
“RFK Jr is pulling out. He did say ‘I am giving my endorsement to Donald Trump,’” Maher said on his show. “For those of us who are a certain age who grew up with the Kennedys, to have a Kennedy endorse not just any Republican, but the worst one ever, what do we make of this?”
Bill Maher and James Carville represent devastated Democrats everywhere as they struggle to process the RFK Jr endorsement of Trump:
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Bill Maher: “RFK Jr is pulling out. He did say ‘I am giving my endorsement to Donald Trump’
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Rather than offer an honest assessment of why RFK Jr. would choose to defect from the liberals to endorse a Republican, Carville simply dismissed him as crazy.
“Every family has a…whatever. That boy ain’t right. There’s something weird…Something’s wrong. He hit his head. I don’t know what,” Carville asserted.
Maher retorted, “I wouldn’t go that far.”
During his address to the nation Friday, RFK Jr condemned Democrats for becoming a shadow of their former selves, saying they’d “become the party of war, censorship, corruption, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Ag, and big money.”
The nephew of former President John F. Kennedy went on to describe how Democrats subverted democracy by blocking his campaign from appearing in ballots in several states while claiming to save it.
RFK also stated he’s siding with Trump because he believes the alliance would “maximize my chances to save America’s children and restore national health.”
His sister Kathleen Kennedy Townsend issued a statement on behalf of the Kennedy family condemning RFK’s endorsement of Trump as a “betrayal” and adding, “We believe in Harris and Walz.”
“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride,” she wrote.
This exchange between Maher and Carville represents confused and stunned Democrats everywhere who realize RFK Jr.’s endorsement of Trump signals a major shift in the political atmosphere that doesn’t bode well for Kamala Harris.
Tomorrow’s cover: Democratic dynasty heir RFK Jr. endorses Republican Trump https://t.co/tIJW2qVGbM pic.twitter.com/pRl8RRtkEO
— New York Post (@nypost) August 24, 2024
Primary School Teacher Sacked After Calling Pupils ‘Chattering Monkeys’
A primary school teacher at a Church of England school has been sacked over allegations of racism after she called pupils in her class ‘chattering monkeys’. Charlotte Moore, a Year 6 teacher at Trinity St […]
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Kamala Harris Pledges Continued Support For Ukraine
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Trump Says US Is Running Out Of Ammo
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Shock Video: Man Brutally Beaten by Pack of ‘Teens’ in Unprovoked Ambush
A 62-year-old man was seriously injured during a brutal, unprovoked attack by a mob of ‘teens’ in New York, according to reports.
The shocking incident unfolded on Staten Island on July 15, but surveillance footage just surfaced this week.
The victim was strolling along a busy road just after 7 p.m. that evening when a pack of 8 to 10 young, black males began following him and verbally harassing him, SILive reports.
Video shows the horde swarming and hitting the man on the sidewalk after one of the youths threatened him.
“He raised his fists and said, ‘Pick one,’ and I said, ‘Not interested,’” the victim told NBC New York.
“I thought it was just a kid joking around.
The victim ran into the street to escape his assailants but the beating continued out of view of the camera.
Eventually, Good Samaritans intervened and the suspects fled the scene.
The victim was transported to a local hospital and treated for broken teeth, lacerations, and bruising.
“His mouth is all messed up. He was blindsided and kicked all over his body,” a relative of the victim told local media.
“He fell flat on his face, not expecting anybody to hit him.”
Only two suspects, ages 13 and 14, have been arrested at the time of this writing, according to the latest available information.
The traumatized victim says he is afraid to go outside and wants to move away from his neighborhood.
“I want to leave here. I no longer want to live here,” he said.
InfoWars has been documenting the surge of crime across the United States, including carjackings, ‘street takeovers,’ smash-and-grab loot mobs, home invasions, and physical attacks on innocent victims.
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