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Hero Trump rally victim Corey Comperatore died shielding family and 'would've done it again,' friend says

BETHEL PARK, Penn. – EXCLUSIVE: The volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family from a sniper’s bullets intended for former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania is being remembered as a selfless “girl dad” and churchgoing family man who put others before himself on a regular basis. Corey Comperatore, 50, died...

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Trump shooting: Timeline of assassination attempt raises questions about how gunman evaded security

BUTLER, Pa. – On Saturday, July 13, an assassination attempt against former President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, rocked the nation. Authorities neutralized the 20-year-old assailant, Thomas Crooks, after shots rang out, and a federal investigation into the shooting targeting the former president ensued. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before the...

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State Dept: World has 'questions about our democracy' after Trump shooting, US must 'respond as a nation'

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Monday that people around the world have “questions about our democracy” following the attempted assassination of former President Trump over the weekend at arally in Pennsylvania, and that it is now up to the U.S. to “respond as a nation.” Miller, speaking to reporters at a briefing, began by...

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Jill Biden spoke with Melania Trump following Pennsylvania rally shooting

First lady Jill Biden spoke with former first lady Melania Trump in the wake of Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Details of their conversation, which was first reported by NBC News, were not immediately available. Fox News confirms that the conversation happened on Sunday afternoon. “When...

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Tim Scott delivers rousing RNC speech after Trump assassination attempt: 'Devil came to Pennsylvania'

MILWAUKEE — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott delivered a rousing speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, focusing his attention on how God saved former President Trump during the assassination attempt on Saturday. “Our God still saves. He still delivers, and he still sets free. Because on Saturday, the devil came to...

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Breaking into Trump shooter’s cellphone complicated by modern technology: expert

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A retired Nevada law enforcement expert who served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force said modern technology can complicate the effort to discover the killer’s motive for the shooting at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally. Ashton Packe, a former Las Vegas police detective, shared the roadblock that investigators may be...

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Officer reported man at Trump rally with range-finder 30 mins before assassination attempt: source

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A local law enforcement officer spotted a suspicious man carrying a range-finder “in or just-outside” the venue before former President Donald Trump took the stage at his rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania on Saturday night, according to a law enforcement source. The officer reported the sighting to state police, the source...

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Priest at Trump rally who gave benediction warned of 'people who want to shoot' former president

A Ukrainian Catholic priest who gave the benediction during former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday spoke of “people who want to shoot” the Republican presidential candidate just minutes before the assassination attempt that left Trump wounded, two others critically injured and one bystander dead. Jason Charron, pastor at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church...

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Trump assassination attempt: Fraternal Order of Police blasts Secret Service 'failure'

BUTLER, Pa. – The Fraternal Order of Police is taking issue with the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) response to the attempted assassination against former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. “All of us want answers to our questions. There was, as Secretary Mayorkas said earlier, a security failure—one that nearly...