{"id":2332008,"date":"2024-08-27T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T22:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-leading-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt-says-campaign-was-part-of-the-problem-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T22:23:58","slug":"republican-leading-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt-says-campaign-was-part-of-the-problem-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-leading-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt-says-campaign-was-part-of-the-problem-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican leading investigation into Trump assassination attempt says campaign was part of the problem &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Frepublican-leading-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt-says-campaign-was-part-of-the-problem-washington-examiner%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=2332008&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>A Republican\u200b representative, Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania, has expressed \u200bconcerns regarding the Trump campaign&#8217;s handling of safety measures during a \u2062rally where\u200d an\u2063 assassination attempt on the \u200dformer\u2062 president occurred. Kelly, who leads \u2062a bipartisan congressional \u2062commission investigating \u200cthe event, criticized the campaign for disregarding his \u200cwarnings about the chosen location in Butler County. He believed\u200d the venue\u2062 was inadequate for a large gathering and could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-police-move-in-on-evergrande-firm-detain-wealth-management-staff\/\" title=\"Chinese police detain Evergrande wealth management staff.\">pose \u2062significant risks<\/a>. Despite his\u2064 advice that the site\u2062 was \u2063unsuitable, the campaign insisted\u200c on following through with the decision. The \u200cTrump campaign has since pushed back against \u2062Kelly&#8217;s remarks, asserting that factors like \u200cvenue size \u200dand traffic flow were irrelevant \u200bto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-plan-jan-6-investigations-despite-backlash-over-tucker-carlson-coverage\/\" title=\"House Republicans plan Jan. 6 investigations despite backlash over Tucker Carlson coverage\">security issues leading<\/a> 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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republican leading investigation into Trump assassination attempt says campaign was part of the problem<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708300\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. &#8203;&#8203;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Kelly<\/a> (R-PA) asserted the Trump campaign dismissed his unease before the rally at which the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a> survived an attempted assassination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3134584\/trump-shooting-task-force-bipartisanship-butler-site-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>heads<\/a> the bipartisan congressional commission investigating security failures that enabled a gunman to open fire on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally last month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I made a statement [to the campaign] when they first told me that,&rdquo; Kelly said as he remembered his reaction to the Trump campaign&rsquo;s decision to hold the rally at a Butler County location in his home district.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said, &lsquo;You can&rsquo;t do it there,&#8217;&rdquo; Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/trump-2024\/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-mike-kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>NOTUS<\/em>. &ldquo;&lsquo;It&rsquo;s too small.&rsquo; The idea was that they had already made a decision, but it&rsquo;s not the right place. The answer came back, &lsquo;Well, we&rsquo;ve already made a decision.&rsquo; I said, &lsquo;Well, then, who did the site visit?&rsquo; And the answer back was, &lsquo;Congressman, we told you we&rsquo;ve already made a decision.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Republican is a staunch Trump ally who spoke onstage just minutes before the former president&rsquo;s speech at the now-infamous Butler County rally.&nbsp;Worried that the location the former president&rsquo;s campaign had picked out was not suitable for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pastor-high-school-coach-among-nearly-80-people-arrested-in-sex-trafficking-sting-operation\/\" title=\"Pastor, High School Coach Among Nearly 80 People Arrested In Sex Trafficking Sting Operation\">large-scale event<\/a>, he told Trump&rsquo;s handlers that the Butler Farm Show grounds was a &ldquo;disaster&rdquo; pick as a rally site.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said to them, &lsquo;You guys made the wrong decision,&#8217;&rdquo; the Pennsylvania Republican continued. &ldquo;&lsquo;This is going to be very dangerous.&rsquo; And they said, &lsquo;Well, we&rsquo;ve already made the decision.&rsquo; So from that point on, I was concerned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and his wife, Victoria, greet then-President Donald Trump after arriving at Erie International Airport for a campaign rally on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for Kelly told the outlet that &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; specifically referred to the planned venue&rsquo;s small size and limited traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has pushed back on Kelly&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Venue size, traffic, and parking have nothing to do with the assassination attempt on President Trump&rsquo;s life, and any suggestion that the campaign was aware of information that could have prevented the President being shot is appalling and categorically false,&rdquo; a campaign spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-some-of-the-big-changes-in-the-senate-passed-stimulus-bill\/\" title=\"Here Are Some Of The Big Changes In The Senate-Passed Stimulus Bill\">bipartisan task force<\/a> is also scrutinizing the FBI, Secret Service, and local law enforcement officials for allowing a gunman to access a rooftop a few hundred yards from Trump&rsquo;s rally stage in Butler County.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned last month over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-finds-new-backdoor-security-breach-in-exchange-software\/\" title=\"Microsoft finds new backdoor security breach in exchange software\">security breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3124462\/louisiana-lawmaker-accuses-fbi-of-obstructing-justice-and-destroying-evidence-during-investigation-into-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> from the congressional task force released earlier this month blasted the FBI for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/clayhiggins.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Preliminary-Investigative-Report-8.12.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>destroying<\/a> vital evidence related to the attempted assassination and obstructing justice. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the Trump campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708300\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708300\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), who is leading the investigation into the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, claims that the Trump campaign ignored his concerns prior to the rally where the former president narrowly escaped an attack. Kelly is at the helm of a bipartisan congressional committee looking into security lapses that allowed a shooter to target Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania last month. He recounted expressing his worries about holding the event at a location in Butler County, which is part of his district, stating, &#8220;I told them, &#8216;You can\u2019t do it there; it\u2019s too small.'&#8221; Despite his objections and warnings that it was an unsuitable venue for such a large gathering, he was met with resistance from campaign officials who insisted they had already made their decision. As someone who has been supportive of Trump and spoke just before him at this controversial rally, Kelly emphasized that he believed choosing Butler Farm Show grounds was &#8220;a disaster&#8221; and warned it could be dangerous. A spokesperson for Kelly clarified that &#8220;dangerous&#8221; referred specifically to the venue&#8217;s limited size and traffic flow. The Trump campaign has countered these remarks by asserting that factors like venue size had no connection to the assassination attempt and labeled any implication of prior knowledge about potential threats as outrageous and false. Additionally, Kelly&#8217;s task force is examining how law enforcement agencies allowed an assailant access to a rooftop near Trump&#8217;s speaking area in Butler County; this incident led to former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigning last month. A recent preliminary report from this congressional group criticized the FBI for allegedly destroying crucial evidence related to the assassination attempt and obstructing justice efforts. The Washington Examiner has sought comments from Trump&#8217;s campaign regarding these developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2332009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-PA.-1-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,3976,3911,3634],"class_list":["post-2332008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-investigation","tag-republican","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-PA.-1-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332008","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}