New Text Messages Reveal Another Troubling Update On Trump Assassination Attempt

Posted • July 29, 2024: Two words describe the security situation at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13: hot mess. There are so many glaring flaws, and the ground is so inexcusable that it is fertile for conspiracy theorists. Can you blame them? The Secret Service is stonewalling and stacking sandbags amid intense scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties. We don’t know if would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was a lone gunman. How many casings were recovered from the roof? We don’t know. What we do know is that no one at the Secret Service has been disciplined for this calamity, and now text messages obtained by The New York Times show that snipers knew about Crooks earlier than initially reported. It provides yet another damning update on the assassination attempt that nearly killed a former president. Crooks missed delivering a fatal headshot by millimeters.

Leaked messages between countersn*pers reveal they were aware of Thomas Crooks about 90 minutes before Trump was nearly assasinated. One of the countersnipers was reportedly leaving at the end of his shift when he noticed Crooks. “Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know. I'm just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there,” a text chat obtained by the New York Times read. “Kid learning around building we are in. AGR I believe it is. I did see him with a range finder looking towards stage. FYI. If you wanna notify SS sn*pers to look out. I lost sight of him,” a text in the group chat said which is when the photo of Crooks was shared. https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1817767565621608716 -- Trump rally SWAT team "found that there were no patrol officers around the area to try and intercept the suspect." What is going on?! (…)

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