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Pennsylvania GOP activist who's been to 20 Trump rallies says Butler event was least secure venue he's been to

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A local GOP volunteer who helped set up and later attended former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend, said he and other activists raised concerns the night prior about the venue’s security. Zach Scherer, a volunteer firefighter from Chicora – a short drive northeast of the Butler Farm Show...

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SWAT expert explains how Secret Service could have prevented Trump attempted assassination

A former SWAT commander balked at the “audacity” of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle blaming the “sloped roof” for not positioning snipers on the building where Thomas Crooks opened fire at Saturday’s rally for former President Trump. Gene Petrino, who served as the SWAT commander for Florida’s Plantation Police Department for 26 years and is...

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Trump's attempted assassin posted message before shooting: 'July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds'

Thomas Matthew Crooks apparently teased an attack online days before he climbed onto a roof and opened fire at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, killing one and injuring others, including former President Donald Trump, Fox News has learned. Secret Service and FBI officials told U.S. senators during an all-members briefing on Wednesday, July 17, that Crooks,...

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Secret Service reveals when Trump shooter went from 'person of interest' to 'threat'

Trump rally shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was perceived by the U.S. Secret Service as a “person of interest,” not yet a “threat” after law enforcement saw him acting suspiciously and determined he had a golf range finder, according to Secret Service Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Crooks was only identified as a threat when he “retrieved the...

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Trump calls family of assassination attempt victim James Copenhaver

PITTSBURGH – EXCLUSIVE – Former President Trump on Thursday called the family of James Copenhaver, one of the victims who was critically wounded after being shot at Trump’s rally in Butler on Saturday. Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, was upgraded from critical to serious on Wednesday, and he has been communicative over the last couple...

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Former CIA analyst charged for acting as secret agent for South Korean intel in exchange for gifts

The Justice Department has charged Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and senior official at the National Security Council, with acting as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service in exchange for luxury gifts. Terry, who’s married to the liberal Washington Post columnist Max Boot, accepted luxury gifts, including handbags, expensive meals at...