{"id":2305300,"date":"2024-07-22T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/official-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-released-providing-chilling-details\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T12:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:38:47","slug":"new-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-reveals-chilling-details-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-reveals-chilling-details-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New report on Trump assassination attempt reveals &#8216;chilling&#8217; details"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-reveals-chilling-details-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2305300&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The report discusses \u2062the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.\u2062 Senator Ron Johnson&#8217;s report highlights the \u2062lack of transparency and \u2064cooperation from federal entities regarding \u2064the incident. It \u2062reveals that the Secret Service did not attend a security briefing provided to local SWAT and sniper teams \u200bbefore the rally. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revolver-news-jan-6-protest-could-be-co-organized-by-govt\/\" title=\"Revolver News: Jan. 6 protest could be co-organized by govt.\">report raises questions<\/a> about security lapses and the Secret Service&#8217;s response to the threat posed by the\u2064 assailant. Further investigation is ongoing to understand the sequence of events leading up\u2062 to the assassination attempt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>A new report on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump indicates the Secret Service did not participate in a security briefing before the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/4E6577F1-8AD2-4CB9-9FC7-5896C27A9647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13-page report<\/a> from Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on preliminary findings about the incident said his requests for information from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security and the FBI have been ignored, as was his request to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-announces-voter-fraud-charges-against-20-people-in-florida\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Announces Voter Fraud Charges Against 20 People in Florida\">preserve records related<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/condition-trumps-injury-finally-revealed-hole-absolutely-gigantic-relative-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination<\/a> attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lack of transparency from federal entities regarding the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt &mdash; which left former President Trump wounded, one rally goer dead, and two other spectators critically injured &mdash; is unacceptable,&rdquo; the senator wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said the report was an early attempt to establish a proper version of what took place and it would be revised as new information arises.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics called the details in the report &ldquo;frightening&rdquo; and &ldquo;chilling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;&#128680;CHILLING. Here&rsquo;s the most frightening section of Sen. Ron Johnson&rsquo;s initial report from his investigation &mdash; an investigation that produced many unfathomable security lapses and nonsensical security procedures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At approximately 6:23pm on July 13, 2024&mdash;twelve minutes after&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uN15SXDSNF\">https:\/\/t.co\/uN15SXDSNF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susancrabtree\/status\/1815111075919974436?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The senator&rsquo;s report said the Secret Service &ldquo;did not attend a security briefing provided to local special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and sniper teams the morning of July 13, 2024.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It said local SWAT teams were assigned positions and responsibilities and that the building used by Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot Trump was outside the perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is unclear why Secret Service did not participate in this security briefing and the extent to which ESU [the Butler County, Pennsylvania, Emergency Services Unit] coordinated with Secret Service in creating and implementing the security plan for the rally,&rdquo; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&rsquo;s report said that in the days leading up to the rally, local police were told the &ldquo;Secret Service was not going to send their own snipers to the rally and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> would need to go &lsquo;sniper heavy&rsquo; in order to ensure proper coverage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report said about a day before the rally, the Secret Service changed its position, but it said the reason for the change was not known.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of drone flights over the venue was not discussed, the report said, although it noted reports that Crooks allegedly flew a drone over the site.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that at 5:10 p.m., local police in the building that Crooks used classified him as suspicious. At 5:32 p.m., he was seen using a range finder. At 5:41 p.m., a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-reveals-chilling-details\/\" title=\"New report on Trump assassination attempt reveals &#039;chilling&#039; details\">local law enforcement officer told<\/a> the command center about Crooks. A text followed four minutes later to Beaver ESU Group Command.<\/p>\n<p>At 5:59 p.m., &ldquo;a Beaver County law enforcement operator received confirmation from a Butler County SWAT commander that command, which included Secret Service, was made aware of the messages and requested more information about the suspect&rsquo;s location,&rdquo; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks opened fire 12 minutes later.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1) Secret Service did not attend a security briefing provided to local special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and sniper teams the morning of July 13, 2024; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f236Y52Qfl\">pic.twitter.com\/f236Y52Qfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/1815099740176175335?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The report said information obtained by Johnson&rsquo;s office &ldquo;appears to confirm&rdquo; that a countersniper had identified Crooks as suspicious &ldquo;but raises further questions about what the Secret Service did with this information, why Secret Service did not immediately send agents to the [American Glass Research] building, and, perhaps most importantly, why former President Trump was allowed to go on stage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report said that after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shooters-classmate-drops-bombshell-crooks-linked-school-shooting-plot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crooks<\/a> was killed, two Beaver County, Pennsylvania, law enforcement agents accessed the roof of the AGR building and saw the would-be assassin&rsquo;s body.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During a subsequent search of Crooks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-3-illegal-aliens-in-connection-with-babys-death\/\" title=\"ICE detains 3 undocumented immigrants linked to infant&#039;s death\">local law enforcement discovered<\/a> a suspected remote triggering device,&rdquo; it said. &ldquo;At 6:32 p.m., 7:45 p.m., and 7:46 p.m., the Beaver County law enforcement agents took pictures of Crooks, a cellphone and the remote control device near the suspected shooter&rsquo;s body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-footage-multiple-gop-senators-forced-chase-fleeing-kimberly-cheatle-smack-middle-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimberly Cheatle<\/a> was scheduled to appear before the <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-statement-on-director-cheatle-testifying-before-the-house-oversight-committee-on-july-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> at 10 a.m. EST on Monday to testify about the Secret Service&rsquo;s operations and preparation for the Trump rally.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin authored the 13-page report, which highlights the lack of cooperation from federal agencies in providing information about the incident. Johnson emphasized the need for transparency and stated that the report will be updated as new details emerge. The report also raises concerns about the Secret Service&#8217;s absence from a security briefing for local SWAT and sniper teams, as well as the agency&#8217;s handling of information regarding the suspect. Additionally, the report mentions the discovery of a suspected remote triggering device near the assailant&#8217;s body after the shooting. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee regarding the agency&#8217;s operations and preparation for the rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2305301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Thomas-Crooks.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34943,16295,4954,3819,3634],"class_list":["post-2305300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-chilling","tag-details","tag-report","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Thomas-Crooks.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}