{"id":2355186,"date":"2024-10-15T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-men-shot-in-butler-assassination-attempt-speak-out-against-secret-service\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:39:39","slug":"two-men-shot-in-butler-assassination-attempt-speak-out-against-secret-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-men-shot-in-butler-assassination-attempt-speak-out-against-secret-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Shot in Butler Assassination Attempt Speak Out Against Secret Service"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftwo-men-shot-in-butler-assassination-attempt-speak-out-against-secret-service%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=2355186&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>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a> for former President \u200cDonald Trump \u200bin Butler, Pennsylvania, two men, David Dutch and \u200cJames Copenhaver,\u200d were \u2064shot amid\u200d an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a>. They expressed their anger towards \u200bthe \u200bU.S. Secret \u2062Service, claiming negligence \u2064in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">security measures<\/a> that failed to protect Trump and \u2062the attendees. \u2062Dutch described the terrifying\u2064 experience as\u2064 being hit by\u200b a &#8220;sledgehammer&#8221; and noted that debris was flying as the shooting\u2063 occurred. Copenhaver echoed\u2064 feelings of negligence, suggesting that proper security \u200bshould have prevented the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">opened fire<\/a> from \u2062an \u200bunsecured rooftop before \u2063being fatally \u2064shot himself. Tragically, another\u200b individual, Corey \u2063Comperatore, was \u200bkilled while attempting to shield his family during \u2063the chaos. Trump&#8217;s ear was grazed by a bullet during \u200dthe attack.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s attorneys are considering legal action against the\u2064 Secret Service for what they perceive \u200bas a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-pleads-for-public-trust-in-white-house-and-coronavirus-vaccines\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Pleads for Public &#039;Trust&#039; in White House and Coronavirus Vaccines\">significant failure<\/a> in protecting the former \u2063president and the public. The Secret Service&#8217;s\u2062 director at the time\u2062 acknowledged this incident as one of\u2064 the agency&#8217;s most serious operational failures in years, faced with increasing \u200ccalls\u2062 for accountability, which led to her resignation shortly after. Recently, Trump revisited\u200c the\u2063 fairgrounds, linking his survival to the upcoming election.  <\/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> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two men who were shot during the July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump say the U.S. Secret Service was &ldquo;negligent&rdquo; in failing to protect Trump and bystanders at the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>David Dutch, 57, a Marine veteran, and James Copenhaver, 74, a retired liquor store manager, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/2-men-wounded-gunman-opened-fire-trump-rally-say-secret-service-failed-rcna173357\">NBC News<\/a> in an exclusive interview Monday they were excited to be sitting in the bleachers behind the Republican nominee at the fairgrounds in Butler on July 13 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/melania-trump-speaks-question-assassination-attempt-definitely-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunshots rang ou<\/a>t and they were hit.<\/p>\n<p>Another man, Corey Comperatore, 50, was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-rally-fatal-shooting-corey-comperatore-8c09711e88a56432424ef3f980321ed2\">killed in the shooting<\/a> while shielding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/corey-comperatores-daughter-slams-trump-rally-security-dads-blood-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/fbi-confirms-bullet-struck-trumps-ear-assassination-attempt-rcna163896\"> was wounded <\/a> in the ear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two men who were shot when a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally said the U.S. Secret Service failed them and Trump that day in July and was negligent in its security response. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LlamasNBC?\">@LlamasNBC<\/a> reports in this exclusive for NBC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkFEdU4j4R\">pic.twitter.com\/qkFEdU4j4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1846165537266487535?\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The interview with the two Pennsylvania men who were critically injured marked their first public statements since 20-year-old shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/preliminary-report-finds-thomas-matthew-crooks-fragged-rifle-likely-disabled-swat-operators-incredible-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/a> of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, opened fire&nbsp; from an unsecured rooftop nearby before he was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like getting hit with a sledgehammer right in the chest,&rdquo; said Dutch, who served in both Desert Shield and Desert Storm in his time with the Marines from 1986 to 1992.<\/p>\n<p>He said he could see chunks of the bleacher and metal &ldquo;flying all around&rdquo; until the shooting stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch said Monday he was still &ldquo;angry that the whole situation even happened. It should have never happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe there was 100 percent negligence on the Secret Service, probably everybody involved in setting that security, down to inter-department communications,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The negligence was vast. It was terrible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NBC News reported the two men&rsquo;s attorneys said they were looking into possible litigation over what they view as negligence by the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure there was negligence. It wouldn&rsquo;t have happened, had it been secure,&rdquo; Copenhaver told the network.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Cheatle, director of the Secret Service at the time, called the attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life at the Pennsylvania rally the Secret Service&rsquo;s &ldquo;most significant operational failure&rdquo; in decades.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-day-disastrous-house-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down<\/a> July 23 after lawmakers called for her to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump returned earlier this month to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/pennsylvania\">nearly assassinated<\/a> in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/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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David Dutch, 57, a Marine veteran, and James Copenhaver, 74, a retired liquor store manager, expressed their frustrations during an exclusive NBC News interview. They were seated behind Trump when gunfire erupted; another man was killed while trying to shield his family. Dutch described the experience as feeling like being hit with a sledgehammer and criticized the Secret Service for their lack of adequate security measures. Their attorneys are considering legal action against the agency for negligence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2355187,"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\/10\/313e064701b942b891eacf49b910defb-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,14071,43060,34991,34163],"class_list":["post-2355186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-butler","tag-eyewitness-testimony","tag-gun-violence","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/313e064701b942b891eacf49b910defb-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355186","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=2355186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}