New bodycam video of Trump assassination attempt emerges — Citizens Info

The Secret Service has admitted that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was a failure of the US secret service.

New video obtained by CNN shows for the first time the moment a police officer climbed to the roof of a building where Donald Trump was holding his July 13 rally and saw the former president's would-be assassin just before the shooting began. Video from a Butler police officer's body-worn camera shows the officer being pulled to the roof by his colleague and quickly coming back down after seeing the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. About 40 seconds later, Crooks turned and fired eight shots at Trump, hitting him in the ear. Seconds later, a Secret Service sniper shot Crooks.

Additional footage from the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, obtained by CNN through a public records request, shows

The local police complained that they had told the Secret Service

To station police officers near the building from which the gunman had fired shots days earlier.

The Secret Service posted three local snipers in an adjacent building, one of whom photographed Crooks that day and then left his post to search for the shooter. In a statement Thursday, the Secret Service said it was reviewing the just-released bodycam video.

The U.S. Secret Service thanks our partners in local law enforcement who acted courageously in searching for the shooter that day.”

said Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the agency. “The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was a failure of U.S. intelligence, and we are reviewing and updating our security policies and procedures to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again,” he said.

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