BUTLER, Pa. – Text messages revealed that law enforcement responsible for monitoring former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally spotted his would-be assassin and flagged him to colleagues as suspicious at least 90 minutes before he opened fire. The messages, obtained by Fox News Digital from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who obtained them from Beaver County Emergency...
PITTSBURGH – Former President Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has vowed to return to holding outdoor rallies after surviving an assassination attempt at one in Pennsylvania on July 13 – and after the Secret Service urged him to shift his campaign events indoors in what some experts see as an admission of failure. Writing...
PITTSBURGH – The FBI told reporters on Monday that would-be presidential assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks had a long-standing “interest in science” and “experiments,” and as a result, his family “wasn’t concerned” about the myriad packages he was receiving at their house. Crooks, 20, made 25 gun-related purchases online between spring 2023 and the first half...
BUTLER, Pa. – The man who attempted to assassinate former President Trump and successfully killed one of his supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, scoped out the sight of the July 13 rally while local law enforcement officers were in position. A detailed timeline and accompanying text messages, obtained by Fox News Digital from Sen. Chuck Grassley,...
Following an assassination attempt on former President Trump, the Secret Service has reportedly urged the Trump campaign to reconsider future outdoor events, and one attendee of that tragic event said she may not attend another given the circumstances. Secret Service officials suggested to the Trump campaign that they no longer hold outdoor rallies, and the...
BUTLER, Penn. – The families of the two injured bystanders in the attempted assassination of former President Trump have broken their silence after the shooting left their loved ones hospitalized. James “Jim” Copenhaver’s family thanked people for the “outpouring of support” as he recovers from his “life-altering injuries” at Allegheny General Hospital. “Jim would like...
PITTSBURGH – Two weeks after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt that left a bystander dead and two others wounded, and after days of Capitol Hill testimony, several burning questions remain unanswered but could make sense of the case, experts say. Among those who appeared before Congress were Kimberly Cheatle, who was the...
A police officer on a local tactical team assigned to former President Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, said there was no contact between their SWAT team and the U.S. Secret Service before Trump was shot. “We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived,” the Beaver...
PITTSBURGH – After Pennsylvania police leaders revealed there were at least two other suspicious individuals besides would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks spotted at the July 13 Trump rally, experts tell Fox News Digital that reports of “suspicious” or “unusual” people at Secret Service events are common. Pennsylvania’s State Police commissioner, Col. Christopher Paris, testified before...
An important figure in American history once narrowly escaped with his life after an assassination attempt in western Pennsylvania – but it wasn’t former President Donald J. Trump. George Washington, just 21 years old when it happened, was a major in the British Army. The year was 1753. TRUMP FLAG PHOTO JOINS PANTHEON OF IMAGES...
