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FBI investigates 'inappropriate' Trump shooting post by person affiliated with agency, director says

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a House Judiciary Committee hearing that someone affiliated with the agency is being internally investigated for posting something “totally inappropriate” about former President Trump’s assassination attempt. Wray’s comments came while the agency’s director was testifying under oath on Wednesday on the Trump rally shooting in...

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Secret Service turned down local drone 'repeatedly' ahead of Trump July 13 rally: whistleblower

PITTSBURGH — Local law enforcement repeatedly offered to provide drone coverage in the sky above former President Trump’s July 13 campaign rally — where he survived a failed assassination attempt — but was rebuffed by the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), according to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., citing a new whistleblower. “According to one whistleblower, the...

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Butler County DA pushes back against Trump shooting testimony from Pennsylvania state police commissioner

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – The Butler County district attorney pushed back against the Pennsylvania state police commissioner’s testimony as law enforcement continues to point fingers over the security lapse at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally. In a press release Wednesday, Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger attempted to clarify the succession of events following Pennsylvania...

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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks' family had 14 guns in home, father legally sold gun to son: FBI Director Wray

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed on Wednesday that Thomas Crooks’ family had more than a dozen firearms in their Pennsylvania home and that father Matthew Crooks legally sold his son the weapon that the 20-year-old would use in his assassination attempt on former President Trump. “We located a number of firearms...

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Conservatives praise 'brilliant' swing state GOP ad attacking Harris: 'Here's the blueprint'

Conservatives on social media are praising a blistering ad launched by Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick linking his opponent, Sen. Bob Casey, to the policies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. “Kamala Harris is inspiring and very capable, the more people get to know her they’re going to be particularly impressed by her...

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Top Dem who visited Butler says local officials told him 'we need to talk' more about Secret Service failures

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A top House Democrat who took part in a bipartisan walk-through of the Butler Farm Show grounds in Pennsylvania, where former President Trump was nearly assassinated, said law enforcement rank-and-file seem apprehensive to speak publicly about “who’s in charge.” Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., said officers who serve are “great people” and...

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Have battlegrounds shifted with Harris at top of ticket?

President Biden’s decision to drop out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of the ticket have thrown the state of the race into question and possibly shifted the battleground strategy. Biden was trailing former President Donald Trump nationally in the Real Clear Politics polling average and the seven major...

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Trump assassination attempt after Secret Service failures prompts calls for drastic agent recruitment changes

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) should have “one set of standards,” according to Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen. Brecheen introduced a bill on Tuesday called the Secret Service Readiness Act that aims to create “a uniform fitness standard for Secret Service special agents and uniformed division officers” after the assassination attempt that wounded former President...

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Whistleblower reveals why Trump rally officer assigned to shooter’s perch moved

BUTLER, Pa. – Whistleblowers have told Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that a law enforcement officer who was assigned to monitor the roof of a building that would-be former President Trump assassin Thomas Crooks fired from on July 13 left their post because it was “too hot.” Crooks, 20, fired multiple rounds from the roof...