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In Video From Rally Shooting, Local Cops Slam Secret Service

Videos capture frustration in aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

(Newser) - Body camera footage released by the Butler Township Police Department captures confusion and frustration during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a July 13 rally. The videos show Butler Township officers discovering Thomas Crooks' location on a roof near the rally and trying to reach him in the minutes...

Tenacious D Cancels Tour After Trump Shooting Comment
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Jack Black: Tenacious D Will Return

Duo's tour was canceled after Kyle Gass joked about Trump assassination attempt

(Newser) - Comedy rock duo Tenacious D's tour came to an abrupt end last month after Kyle Gass joked about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but they will return, Jack Black says. "We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime," he told Variety at the...

Man Shot at Rally Recorded Video of Person on Roof

James Copenhaver stopped filming moments before he was shot

(Newser) - A man who was shot and seriously injured at Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rally may have recorded video of the gunman. Fox News reports that James Copenhaver's video shows a figure moving across the roof of the American Glass Research building minutes before the shooting.
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Garland: Do I Look Like I'd Make a Mistake About the Law?

Attorney general addresses the ruling regarding his special counsel appointment

(Newser) - Merrick Garland sat down with NBC News for a wide-ranging interview that aired Tuesday, during which the attorney general called the shooting at a Donald Trump rally a "horrific attack" that should never have been allowed to happen. He also said that despite the FBI having not yet determined...

Report: Crooks Stopped Firing After Shot From Local Officer

His shot didn't kill rally gunman, but it bought Secret Service some time, officials say

(Newser) - A local law enforcement officer may have played a bigger role than previously known in stopping Thomas Crooks from firing more shots at Donald Trump. The Washington Post , citing officials close to the investigation and analysis of video evidence, reports that Crooks changed his position and stopped shooting after the...

Acting Secret Service Director 'Ashamed' by What He Saw

Ronald Rowe is grilled by 2 Senate committees on attempted assassination

(Newser) - The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he "cannot defend" why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Trump was not secured. Ronald Rowe, testifying before two Senate committees, said he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and "What...

Trump Rally Gunman Started Buying Weaponry a Year Ago: FBI

FBI says a motive still has not been determined

(Newser) - The Trump rally shooter who killed one and injured others, including Donald Trump himself, at a Pennsylvania rally earlier this month had been stockpiling bomb-making materials and equipment related to guns for more than a year, according to FBI officials. Starting in spring of 2023, the gunman made 25 purchases...

Trump Agrees to Sit for FBI Victim Interview

Investigators describe rally shooter as an intelligent loner

(Newser) - The FBI will conduct a victim interview of Donald Trump as part of its investigation into the attempt to assassinate the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania. The interview with Trump would be similar to those of any crime victim, regardless of the circumstances, an agency official said, per...

Lawmaker Says Trump Rally Gunman Had an Escape Plan

He says Crooks planned to create a diversion

(Newser) - The man who tried to kill Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month had a plan to escape, according to the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. On CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday, Republican Rep. Michael McCaul told host Robert Costa that Thomas Crooks "...

Text Messages Alter Timeline of Trump Shooting

Local SWAT snipers spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks almost 2 hours prior

(Newser) - Gunshots were fired at former President Trump at 6:11pm on July 13, and testimony before Congress has indicated law enforcement initially became aware of the shooter's presence about an hour before that. The timeline has now been pushed earlier. Text messages show a member of a local SWAT...

FBI Issues One-Sentence Statement on Trump Shooting

Agency says former president was indeed struck by a bullet on July 13 at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump's near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president's ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president's injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. "...

FBI Chief: Rally Shooter Made 'Significant' Search

Crooks looked for info on JFK assassination on the same day he registered for Trump rally

(Newser) - On the same day that Thomas Crooks registered for the rally where he tried to kill Donald Trump, he conducted an online search "that's obviously significant in terms of his state of mind," FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Wednesday. Wray said that on July 6,...

State Police Boss Says Officers Left Post at Rally

They were stationed at window, left to search for gunman

(Newser) - Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at Donald Trump left to go search for the man before the shooting, the head of Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday, raising questions about whether a key post was left unattended as the shooter...

Trump Speaks Out After Cheatle Resignation

'She never gave me proper protection, so I had to take a bullet for democracy'

(Newser) - Donald Trump, who was injured in what Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle said was the agency's "most significant operational failure" in decades, is not sad to see her go. After Cheatle announced her resignation on Tuesday, Trump told Fox News that "she never gave me proper protection,...

Secret Service Director Quits Amid Furor in Trump Shooting

Kimberly Cheatle steps down a day after being berated by lawmakers over the security lapse

(Newser) - The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff, following the assassination attempt against former President Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. Kimberly...

Cheatle May Face Impeachment Vote Within Hours

Rep. Nancy Mace's privileged motion accuses Secret Service director of dereliction of duty

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who accused Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle of being "full of s---" during her testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, later filed a motion of impeachment. Cheatle "has been derelict in her duty to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the...

'Bafflement and Outrage' After Cheatle Testifies

Lawmakers from both parties urge Secret Service director to quit after House hearing

(Newser) - After Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before the House Oversight Committee for more than four hours on Monday, committee members from both parties called for her to resign. The New York Times reports that Cheatle failed to answer basic questions about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, declining to...

The Boys Added Disclaimer After Trump Rally Shooting

Season 4 finale also had a name change

(Newser) - The Season 4 finale of Prime Video's superhero satire The Boys was released just days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump—and it came with a name change and a disclaimer. The finale, originally titled "Assassination Run," was released with the title "Season Four Finale,...

Secret Service Chief Gets Ready for a Grilling
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Jul 22, 2024 7:17 AM CDT

Secret Service Chief: 'On July 13 We Failed'

Kimberly Cheatle is on the hot seat Monday on Capitol Hill over the Trump rally shooting

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has assembled an independent panel to review the assassination attempt on former President Trump, with one of Mayorkas' predecessors, Janet Napolitano, set to sit on that panel. "We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13," Mayorkas says,...

Secret Service Rejected Trump Security Requests

Agency acknowledges it made such decisions over the last two years, after initial denials

(Newser) - A new narrative has emerged in the wake of Donald Trump's shooting: The Secret Service turned down repeated requests for more personnel and resources from Trump's camp over the last two years. After the New York Times and the Washington Post reported on the rejected requests, the agency—...

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