Recently released bodycam footage shows Secret Service agents and law enforcement officers standing over the body of a man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump, with one of them saying, “That’s the guy.”
Graphic video shows the body of assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks being executed as law enforcement officers watch. Check the photo It was circulated that he had been identified as a suspicious person before he opened fire.
“Then this is the guy,” said one Secret Service agent, seemingly confirming that Crooks had already been identified as a threat.
“This is the guy,” the Beaver County Sheriff responded.
To be clear, these statements could be confirmation that the police identified the body as that of the shooter.
The footage was released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who accused the Secret Service of hiding information from the public and called for greater transparency in the case.
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Secret Service Bodycam Exposure
The release of the bodycam footage has shed further light on how the Secret Service handles assassination threats.
The institution has been discovered in various reports. There were many opportunities Hours before the shooting, he intervened to stop the attack, including when he tried to enter the house. Use a range finder to secure a safe zoneand yet Almost an hour ago Agents shared “A photo appears to show a 20-year-old sniper crawling on the ground while searching the area.”
The details of how that photo was distributed are captured in this new bodycam footage.
“That’s the sniper who sent the original photo, and the guy who saw him get off his bike, put his backpack down and lost him,” an officer told the Secret Service agent.
They then scroll through photos of the suspicious subject on their iPhone.
They lost him after he ‘dropped his backpack’. Imagine if that backpack had contained explosives?
BREAKING: Bodycam footage from rooftop after attempted assassination of President Trump
Police said the Secret Service sniper took several photos of Thomas Crooks before opening fire. pic.twitter.com/E4dVx7SbwN
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 23, 2024
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Grassley calls for transparency
It’s unclear whether systemic incompetence was the sole cause of the nearly successful assassination attempt, but the body camera footage shows the need for a larger investigation.
“Federal agencies, especially the Secret Service, have failed to be transparent with the American people,” Grassley said in a statement.
“This assassination attempt is a matter of grave public interest, and public affairs must be made public.”
President Trump has publicly questioned some of the reasons why the Secret Service failed to stop the assassination attempt on retired fire chief Cory Comperatore, who died protecting his family from the body.
“Somebody had to make sure there was no one on that roof,” Trump said. “They said they didn’t have enough staff, which is crazy.”
that much The New York Post reported. Law enforcement sources said the shooter was classified as a “threat” 10 minutes before the rally began, but “Trump was still allowed on stage.”
Two other protesters were seriously injured in the attack.
