As more information comes out about the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, the case for conspiracy is becoming more plausible.
Logically, it is hard to imagine that the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, who had no known formal training, could outsmart the Secret Service and their decades of systems, plans, and practices that have one precise goal: protect the body of the president of the United States and other VIPs.
However, considering the significant–many would argue intentional–breaking of protocols by the Secret Service during the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, conspiracy at the highest levels cannot be ruled out.
Shooter was being watched by authorities hours before disaster and was spotted by rally attendees
According to recent reports, the Secret Service spotted Crooks three hours before the shooting took place at 6:11 p.m. Sources claim that the shooter was on authorities’ radar at 3:00 PM, trying to pass through rally security with a range finder, typically used to measure the distance between a hunter and his target.
The Secret Service reportedly continued to observe Crooks until he left the screening area to return to his vehicle, which contained explosive devices and a bulletproof vest, where he would then collect his rifle.
Around 5:30 PM, 41 minutes before the shooting, a Beaver County Emergency Services Unit officer snapped a photograph of Crooks, who was suspiciously scouting out the area, proving that authorities were aware of a suspicious person who could be a threat. Law enforcement searched the grounds but could not find him as he moved positions.
At 5:45 PM, 26 minutes before the failed assassination attempt, the same law enforcement officer snapped yet another image of Crooks, sending it to the command center. By this time, Crooks had taken up his position on the roof, according to The New York Post.
Multiple rally attendees, including one man interviewed by the BBC after the rally, reported spotting Crooks 3 to 4 minutes before the shooting took place.
“We noticed a guy crawling army, you know, bear crawling up the roof of the building beside us. 50 feet away from us,” explained the Trump supporter. “So, we are standing there; you know, we are pointing at the guy crawling up the roof. He had a rifle. We could clearly see him with the rifle.”
BREAKING: Eye-witness says he saw the suspect climb on top of a nearby structure outside of the event and notified the police who didn't take action.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 13, 2024
"The guy army crawled up the building 50 feet from us… he had a rifle."
"He's crawling! I'm thinking, why is Trump still… pic.twitter.com/imHWOvsQKm
The rally attendee, who said he is 100% sure of what he observed, revealed that he and his friends warned authorities, yelling, “Hey man, there’s a guy on the roof with a rifle, and the police were like, ‘huh, what?’ Like they didn’t know what was going on… I’m thinking to myself, ‘Why is Trump still speaking? Why have they not pulled him off the stage?’”
Multiple videos and photographs of Crooks were captured minutes before he opened fire, striking President Trump in the ear, missing death by mere millimeters, and murdering hero firefighter, husband, and father Corey Comperatore, who was shot dead while using his body to shield his wife and children.
NEW EXCLUSIVE video shows the shooter walking around by himself looking up at rooftops near Trump
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 17, 2024
How was he not detained?!
Especially after getting caught with a range finder?! pic.twitter.com/lOU6pnCL0C
BREAKING: TMZ obtains video of shooter on rooftop at Trump Rally pic.twitter.com/Sb4cxVnCgY
— Intel Point Alert (@IntelPointAlert) July 14, 2024
The setup is too convenient
According to mainstream sources like CNN and NBC, Crooks purchased a ladder at his local Bethel Park Home Depot a few hours before arriving on the scene. This raises the question: how did Crooks know that there was a building nearby that would be unguarded so that he could unload and use a ladder?
Once he was on the roof, local law enforcement attempted to confront Crooks, where he allegedly pointed his rifle at officers, making them retreat, according to the testimony recorded by Reuters of Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe.
Secret Services Response to Their Failure
On July 16, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle addressed the justified criticism of her failure to secure the building that Crooks used to open fire, stating, “That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. And so, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.”
This is false and absurd. The Secret Service snipers behind Trump’s podium pictured below are on what seems to be a roof that is just as sloped, if not even more sloped.
A viral comical video on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, went viral, displaying a cow walking around on a similarly sloped roof with zero issues.
🔥🚨DEVELOPING: This cow that was able to be posted on a roof with a slope appears to be more qualified than secret service agents according to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. pic.twitter.com/M5AqBbKyHZ
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 17, 2024
Congressman and former U.S. Army sniper Cory Mills (R-FL) commented on the Secret Services’ failure on Fox News with Jesse Waters: “Bottom line is that this is massive negligence to the point of me speculating on what was intentional and what wasn’t.”
Representative Mills concluded by saying, “So this is divine intervention. This is God having His protective hand and wearing Ephesians 6, the armor of God, over the president. Because this right here, a millisecond or a millimeter in change, and this isn’t an attempted assassination; this is an assassination of a president.”
Worse than JFK
The events that unfolded leading up to the assassination attempt of Trump are worse than what transpired in November of 1963 in Dallas, Texas, when President Kennedy tragically lost his life.
The conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy succeeded, but preparations to kill the president were stealthy and under the radar. What transpired on July 13 was the opposite. It was obvious and recorded by many.
Crooks was flagged by authorities when he brought in a scope hours before the shooting; his backpack and bike were photographed; he was seen getting on the roof; he was confronted by authorities’ minutes before opening fire; and it appears that snipers even had their sights on Crooks moments before President Trump almost lost his life. It was the worst security failure in U.S. Secret Service history.
Despite all of this, Crooks came millimeters from success as the hand of Providence turned Trump’s head towards safety.
And similarly to 1963, when the infamous “patsy” Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered by organized crime boss Jack Ruby, Crooks was killed and swiftly labeled the lone gunman in an attempt to squelch any ideas to the contrary.
The FBI, a rogue entity that raided Trump’s Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago mansion with clearance to use “deadly force,” has been tasked with investigating the assassination attempt.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
That cow just called BULLS**T on Cheatle’s story.
Seriously, occurrences of incompetence can occur. BUT it strains credulity (to say the least) that the multi-level, sequential and numerous occurrences of incompetence that day could occur by coincidence. Especially by a “professional” organization supposedly amongst the best in the world at executive protection.
What is plausible that this serial incompetence was deliberate, intended to provide pretext / “plausible deniability” to mask an attempt at an intended outcome.
It would not surprise me to find out that govt. agents were directly involved in the attempted assassination.
He was looking for the ladder that the FEDS put up for him!
Look at the picture that supposedly shows the looms ladder. The look at the small connected that is between the buildings. There is another ladder. Which is somewhat concealed by juniper bushes. Why use the ladder out in the open when you have one that is concealed?
I have one major concern
A lot of people, some credible are saying this was staged by Trump..I see no reason for him to fake this, after all, if there is no scar on his ear, then all respect or quite a bit of it would evaporate…to prove to the naysayers , maybe a photo of the cleaned up bandaged ear is necessary
As far as the attempt, I am horrified, deeply saddened and most of all confused why this would take place?who was behind these many failures? Who hacked the drone? How many shots did the patsy actually get off?
Listen to the video carefully..I counted at least 8 , 4 -5 after the president went to the ground. Saw video of a lady in sunglasses behind the president looking towards the shooter before the first shot was fired, then she held a sign which looked like Biden, and proceeded to video.
Also another video where you hear someone call out “Crooks,”
Why was CNN there were they informed in advance and wanted the gotcha moment, they just don’t cover trump live.what about the reports about shots fired from water tower?
If this is a hoax and done by the trump team, the easiest way to prove it would be actual footage of trumps ear without the bandaid
Remember we have the same group who have investigated many other coverups, so we may never really know what happened
I’m a center left type of person and was forwarded this fine article. While making valid points, the author has shown his bias by the last sentence: “The FBI, a rogue entity that raided Trump’s Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago mansion with clearance to use “deadly force,” has been tasked with investigating the assassination attempt.”
To be clear, there was no raid. A warrant was issued by a federal judge to search Donald Trump’s property because he flat out refused to return classified documents and then went to great lengths to hide them.
If I’m not mistaken, all law enforcement will be armed when serving a search warrant, right? And all law enforcement has the clearance to use “deadly force” while serving a search warrant, right? And Trump wasn’t there during the search, right?
Right now this is all speculation about the shooter and his motives – maybe it’s time for cooler heads to prevail and let the facts fall where they may. While I am not a fan of Donald Trump, I certainly don’t believe he needs to die. What a sickening thought.
You are showing your bias by not Investigating further why that comment was merited and important. The warrant was served and they did not tell his secret service team that they were coming. They would be coming in armed. Their expectation probably was that the secret service team would fire, as would be normal under any circumstance when their protectee is threatened. Had the secret service fired? They would have had to fire and the only reason there was no blood shed thankfully is because the secret service didn’t fire. This is unprecedented ever for a former president. Trump was in fact cooperating And all presidents take documents and don’t get raided. You’re listening to the mainstream media. Maybe you should get facts. And by the way, you complain about this reporter’s bias when clCNN MSNBC, NBC ABC and all those mainstream networks are all biased all the time.
Blood is definitely on Pedo Joe’s, the DNC, Leftists in general, and the Deep State’s hands. Did I miss anyone?
This is an out and out disgrace and no doubt a criminal conspiracy. The problem is when the conspirators run the “Investigation” you get no answers, just cover ups.
I have no doubt at all that this was an inside job. Obama, Biden, CIA, FBI, SS were all in on it. But for the grace of God this nation could have been in a completely different place right now.
Incompetence by design