by R. Cort Kirkwood, The New American:
A source told Fox News that Thomas Matthew Crooks, who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, hid his gun at the site. It was ready and waiting for Crooks to carry out his murder raid. That news surfaced just before Missouri GOP Senator Josh Hawley’s shocking report: Whistleblowers revealed that most of the agents around Trump weren’t Secret Service.
If Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle hasn’t written her resignation letter yet, maybe now’s the time.
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The unprecedented failure of her agency to protect Trump has destroyed Cheatle’s credibility. And the breakdown in security means she’ll have a tough time on Monday before the House Oversight Committee.
The committee subpoenaed Cheatle on Wednesday.
BREAKING: Thomas Matthew Crooks hid rifle in advance of Trump rally sniper attack, Secret Service source sayshttps://t.co/zCeRsrmSsS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 18, 2024
Golf Range Finder and an AR-15
The Secret Service source told Fox that Crooks hid the AR-15 in advance, although where he stashed the rifle is unclear:
“We went from golf range finder to AR-15, and now we have to fill in the gap,” the source told Fox News.
When authorities first observed Crooks carrying a golf range finder Saturday, he was perceived as a “person of interest” but not a “threat,” authorities said Thursday.
Range finders were not banned from rally events at the time, but authorities are expected to review the list of items that are not allowed.
[Crooks] did not become an official threat until he was seen with a weapon.
Fox did not report when Crooks hid the rifle. Presumably, he could have done so days before the event.
Hawley’s Letter to Mayorkas
The revelation that Crooks hid the gun is just the latest bruising revelation for the Secret Service. News reports since the day of the assassination attempt have detailed a bungled operation that sounds as if it were run by the Keystone Cops instead of the Secret Service (USSS).
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