BREAKING!! TRUMP HAS BEEN SHOT
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so you know exactly who’s press release is testing the waters…but it is what it is, & it’s a part of our 24hr news cycle at this point.
Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town
Author of the article:Associated Press
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Associated Press
Published Mar 09, 2025 • 1 minute read
An armed man was shot by U.S. Secret Service personnel Sunday morning following a confrontation outside the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.
No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.
The Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.
“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” the Secret Service said in a statement.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.”
The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. The police department declined to provide more details.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
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Associated Press
Published Mar 09, 2025 • 1 minute read
An armed man was shot by U.S. Secret Service personnel Sunday morning following a confrontation outside the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.
No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.
The Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.
“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” the Secret Service said in a statement.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.”
The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. The police department declined to provide more details.
Authorities: Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town
No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House.
Just spitballing here, but it looks to me like the Trump campaign staged the whole thing, and the kid was a sacrificial MAGA.
I’m seriously doubting that, though in this crazy world, anything is possible, but this isn’t really probable.
That kind of shot at a moving target and just clipping his ear intentionally…that’s improbable.
Picture of Trump after assassination attempt displaces Obama portrait at White House
Author of the article:Associated Press
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Darlene Superville And Will Weissert
Published Apr 11, 2025 • 3 minute read
Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents
Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama.
Hanging a new presidential likeness without advance notice is unusual, and Trump putting himself in that space could be seen as him breaking with norms yet again. By tradition, portraits of the two most recent former presidents go on display in the foyer — and Trump is in the unique position of also being a former president.
Obama’s portrait went on display in the foyer of the State Floor, near the staircase to the president’s residence, after it was unveiled in 2022. The White House said it is still in the foyer, but has been moved to the opposite wall, where a portrait of former President George W. Bush used to hang.
Plans are to move Bush’s portrait nearer to his father’s, former President George H.W. Bush, which is on the staircase to the residence.
The White House announced the unexpected change in a post on its official account on X with a photo of the new painting that said, “Some new artwork at the White House” and a pair of emoji eyes. The painting captures the aftermath of an attempt on Trump’s life during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was wounded in the ear and thrust his fist skyward as he said, “fight, fight, fight!”
Those words became a key rallying cry of his successful reelection campaign.
The original painting on canvas was done by artist Marc Lipp and was donated to the White House by Andrew Pollock via the Blue Gallery in Delray Beach, Florida, the White House said.
Lipp’s online biography as part of the Blue Gallery website describes him as “a Modern Pop Art who translates his love for art through paintings and sculptures.” Pollack is an author and school safety advocate whose daughter Meadow was among the students killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Regardless of party affiliation, the sitting president had often genially hosted his immediate predecessor for the unveiling of his portrait, but Trump did not extend that courtesy to Obama.
It was left to then-President Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, to welcome former President Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, to the White House for the unveiling of their portraits in 2022, as Democrat Bill Clinton did for Republican George W. Bush and the younger President Bush did for Clinton.
The Obamas hosted George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, at the White House for their portrait unveiling in 2012.
There was an unexplained pause when Trump did not host Obama during his first term.
Biden left office nearly three months ago and it likely will be a few years before his and the former first lady’s portraits are commissioned and completed.
Trump has involved himself with paintings outside of the White House, too.
Last month, a painting of Trump that had hung with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol was taken down after he complained that his likeness was “purposefully distorted.”
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the 1960s, the White House Historical Association has paid for most of the paintings. The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Darlene Superville And Will Weissert
Published Apr 11, 2025 • 3 minute read
Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents
Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama.
Hanging a new presidential likeness without advance notice is unusual, and Trump putting himself in that space could be seen as him breaking with norms yet again. By tradition, portraits of the two most recent former presidents go on display in the foyer — and Trump is in the unique position of also being a former president.
Obama’s portrait went on display in the foyer of the State Floor, near the staircase to the president’s residence, after it was unveiled in 2022. The White House said it is still in the foyer, but has been moved to the opposite wall, where a portrait of former President George W. Bush used to hang.
Plans are to move Bush’s portrait nearer to his father’s, former President George H.W. Bush, which is on the staircase to the residence.
The White House announced the unexpected change in a post on its official account on X with a photo of the new painting that said, “Some new artwork at the White House” and a pair of emoji eyes. The painting captures the aftermath of an attempt on Trump’s life during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was wounded in the ear and thrust his fist skyward as he said, “fight, fight, fight!”
Those words became a key rallying cry of his successful reelection campaign.
The original painting on canvas was done by artist Marc Lipp and was donated to the White House by Andrew Pollock via the Blue Gallery in Delray Beach, Florida, the White House said.
Lipp’s online biography as part of the Blue Gallery website describes him as “a Modern Pop Art who translates his love for art through paintings and sculptures.” Pollack is an author and school safety advocate whose daughter Meadow was among the students killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Regardless of party affiliation, the sitting president had often genially hosted his immediate predecessor for the unveiling of his portrait, but Trump did not extend that courtesy to Obama.
It was left to then-President Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, to welcome former President Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, to the White House for the unveiling of their portraits in 2022, as Democrat Bill Clinton did for Republican George W. Bush and the younger President Bush did for Clinton.
The Obamas hosted George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, at the White House for their portrait unveiling in 2012.
There was an unexplained pause when Trump did not host Obama during his first term.
Biden left office nearly three months ago and it likely will be a few years before his and the former first lady’s portraits are commissioned and completed.
Trump has involved himself with paintings outside of the White House, too.
Last month, a painting of Trump that had hung with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol was taken down after he complained that his likeness was “purposefully distorted.”
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the 1960s, the White House Historical Association has paid for most of the paintings. The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Picture of Trump after assassination attempt displaces Obama portrait at White House
The White House Friday hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer
Wisconsin teen charged in parents’ deaths accused of plotting to kill Trump
Author of the article:Associated Press
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Associated Press
Published Apr 13, 2025 • 2 minute read
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to “obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government, according to a recently unsealed federal warrant.
Nikita Casap, 17, was charged last month by Waukesha County authorities with first-degree murder, theft and other crimes in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer. Authorities allege the teenager fatally shot them at their home outside Milwaukee in February and lived with the decomposing bodies for weeks before fleeing with $14,000 cash, passports and the family dog. He was arrested last month in Kansas.
Casap, in custody at the Waukesha County jail on a $1 million bond, is due in court next month to enter a plea. County prosecutors have offered a glimpse of the federal allegations, which were outlined in an FBI warrant unsealed Friday.
Federal authorities accuse Casap of planning his parents’ murders, buying a drone and explosives, and sharing his plans with others, including a Russian speaker. His intentions are detailed in a three-page antisemitic manifesto praising Adolf Hitler. The warrant filed at the federal court in Milwaukee also contains excerpts of communications on TikTok and the Telegram messenger app.
“Casap appears to have written a manifest calling for the assassination of the President of the United States. He was in touch with other parties about his plan to kill the President and overthrow the government of the United States,” the search warrant says. “The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan.”
In court, prosecutors alleged Casap was in touch with a person who speaks Russian and shared a plan to flee to Ukraine. Authorities found him in Kansas with money, passports, a car and the family’s dog.
Federal prosecutors alleged Casap’s manifesto outlined his reasons for wanting to kill Trump and included ideas about how he would live in Ukraine.
Citing Casap’s writings, the federal warrant said the teenager wanted to spur governmental collapse by “by getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president.”
Phone and online messages seeking comment were left Sunday for Casap’s public defender, Nicole Ostrowski. In court last month, she moved to dismiss some of the charges against her client, including theft, arguing that prosecutors had not laid out their case. She’s also noted her client’s age during court proceedings.
“He is young, he is still in high school,” she said on March 12.
County authorities also charged Casap with hiding a corpse, theft and misappropriating identification to obtain money.
Officers found the bodies of Tatiana Casap, 35; and Mayer, 51, on Feb. 28. Family members requested a well-being check after Mayer didn’t report for work and Nikita Casap skipped school for about two weeks.
Authorities believe the parents were killed weeks earlier. Prosecutors said in court that the couple’s bodies were so badly decomposed that they had to be identified through dental records.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Apr 13, 2025 • 2 minute read
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to “obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government, according to a recently unsealed federal warrant.
Nikita Casap, 17, was charged last month by Waukesha County authorities with first-degree murder, theft and other crimes in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer. Authorities allege the teenager fatally shot them at their home outside Milwaukee in February and lived with the decomposing bodies for weeks before fleeing with $14,000 cash, passports and the family dog. He was arrested last month in Kansas.
Casap, in custody at the Waukesha County jail on a $1 million bond, is due in court next month to enter a plea. County prosecutors have offered a glimpse of the federal allegations, which were outlined in an FBI warrant unsealed Friday.
Federal authorities accuse Casap of planning his parents’ murders, buying a drone and explosives, and sharing his plans with others, including a Russian speaker. His intentions are detailed in a three-page antisemitic manifesto praising Adolf Hitler. The warrant filed at the federal court in Milwaukee also contains excerpts of communications on TikTok and the Telegram messenger app.
“Casap appears to have written a manifest calling for the assassination of the President of the United States. He was in touch with other parties about his plan to kill the President and overthrow the government of the United States,” the search warrant says. “The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan.”
In court, prosecutors alleged Casap was in touch with a person who speaks Russian and shared a plan to flee to Ukraine. Authorities found him in Kansas with money, passports, a car and the family’s dog.
Federal prosecutors alleged Casap’s manifesto outlined his reasons for wanting to kill Trump and included ideas about how he would live in Ukraine.
Citing Casap’s writings, the federal warrant said the teenager wanted to spur governmental collapse by “by getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president.”
Phone and online messages seeking comment were left Sunday for Casap’s public defender, Nicole Ostrowski. In court last month, she moved to dismiss some of the charges against her client, including theft, arguing that prosecutors had not laid out their case. She’s also noted her client’s age during court proceedings.
“He is young, he is still in high school,” she said on March 12.
County authorities also charged Casap with hiding a corpse, theft and misappropriating identification to obtain money.
Officers found the bodies of Tatiana Casap, 35; and Mayer, 51, on Feb. 28. Family members requested a well-being check after Mayer didn’t report for work and Nikita Casap skipped school for about two weeks.
Authorities believe the parents were killed weeks earlier. Prosecutors said in court that the couple’s bodies were so badly decomposed that they had to be identified through dental records.
Wisconsin teen charged in parents’ deaths accused of plotting to kill Trump
A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents killed them to "obtain the financial means" to assassinate President Donald Trump
Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
David Fischer
Published Jul 10, 2025 • 2 minute read
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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Wesley Routh, a man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) AP
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course told a federal judge Thursday he wants to fire his court-appointed lawyers and represent himself.
Ryan Routh made his request during a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon.
When the judge asked Routh, 59, whether he wanted her to appoint new attorneys to defend him, Routh replied: “No. I will represent myself.”
Cannon then closed the courtroom to reporters and the public for about an hour to discuss matters potentially involving attorney-client privilege. The hearing was scheduled to continue Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that criminal defendants have a right to represent themselves in court proceedings, as long as they can show a judge they are competent to waive their right to be defended by an attorney.
Prosecutors have said Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach country club. A Secret Service agent spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh allegedly aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and flee without firing a shot.
Law enforcement obtained help from a witness who prosecutors said informed officers that he saw a person fleeing. The witness was then flown in a police helicopter to a nearby interstate where Routh was arrested and the witnesses confirmed it was the person he had seen, prosecutors have said.
Routh is charged with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Routh also faces state charges of terrorism and attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Routh’s federal trial is set for September. If convicted, he could face a sentence of life in prison, federal officials have said.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
David Fischer
Published Jul 10, 2025 • 2 minute read
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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Wesley Routh, a man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) AP
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course told a federal judge Thursday he wants to fire his court-appointed lawyers and represent himself.
Ryan Routh made his request during a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon.
When the judge asked Routh, 59, whether he wanted her to appoint new attorneys to defend him, Routh replied: “No. I will represent myself.”
Cannon then closed the courtroom to reporters and the public for about an hour to discuss matters potentially involving attorney-client privilege. The hearing was scheduled to continue Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that criminal defendants have a right to represent themselves in court proceedings, as long as they can show a judge they are competent to waive their right to be defended by an attorney.
Prosecutors have said Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach country club. A Secret Service agent spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh allegedly aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and flee without firing a shot.
Law enforcement obtained help from a witness who prosecutors said informed officers that he saw a person fleeing. The witness was then flown in a police helicopter to a nearby interstate where Routh was arrested and the witnesses confirmed it was the person he had seen, prosecutors have said.
Routh is charged with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Routh also faces state charges of terrorism and attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Routh’s federal trial is set for September. If convicted, he could face a sentence of life in prison, federal officials have said.
Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case
Ryan Routh made his request during a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon.
Six Secret Service agents suspended in connection with Trump assassination attempt
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Mark Berman, The Washington Post
Published Jul 10, 2025 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 2 minute read
Secret Service agents remove Donald Trump from the stage after a shooting during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
Secret Service agents remove Donald Trump from the stage after a shooting during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Photo by Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post
The Secret Service suspended six agents in connection with security lapses at the Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign event last year where a gunman wounded then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and killed a rallygoer.
The agents, who were suspended without pay, include some supervisors, according to an official familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the developments. The suspensions range from 10 days to 42 days, the official said Thursday.
News of the suspensions emerged nearly a year after the July 13, 2024, shooting in Butler, which injured Trump and killed an attendee, Corey Comperatore. During the event, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to fire at Trump from atop a nearby roof. A Secret Service sniper returned fire, killing Crooks.
The Secret Service has faced intense criticism for security at the Butler rally, with an internal assessment concluding that the agency was responsible for stunning lapses in planning and communications. The attack ignited bipartisan outrage, spurred multiple reviews examining security failures and fueled calls for the Secret Service to undergo significant reforms.
Soon after the shooting, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned amid pressure. Her successor, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., served about six months as acting director, and he has acknowledged that the Butler attack “was a failure of the Secret Service” to secure the area or protect Trump.
This year, Trump, who months after the shooting was elected president for a second time, tapped Sean M. Curran – a longtime agent who had headed Trump’s Secret Service detail and helped shield him on the Butler stage – to serve as the agency’s director.
Assessments of the Secret Service’s actions in Butler have been withering, with reviews sharply criticizing the way the agency and its agents behaved before, during and after the shooting.
An internal review found that the Secret Service never directed local police snipers to monitor a nearby rooftop, despite the snipers’ willingness to do so. That review also found that the Secret Service had its own security room that was separate from a command post for Butler County Emergency Services, and also used a different radio frequency from local law enforcement officials, hindering them from rapidly sharing information.
The agency said that following Butler, it imposed a number of reforms, including improving communications with state and local officials and expanding the use of technology, including drones, to better monitor venues.
Another review conducted by an independent panel said the Secret Service needed “fundamental reform to carry out its mission,” which includes providing security for presidents, former leaders and other top U.S. officials.
This bipartisan panel highlighted multiple security breakdowns and found that some agents involved in Butler security were inexperienced. The panel’s review also found that agents “appear to have done little in the way of self-reflection in terms of identifying areas of missteps, omissions, or opportunities for improvement.”
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Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Mark Berman, The Washington Post
Published Jul 10, 2025 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 2 minute read
Secret Service agents remove Donald Trump from the stage after a shooting during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
Secret Service agents remove Donald Trump from the stage after a shooting during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Photo by Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post
The Secret Service suspended six agents in connection with security lapses at the Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign event last year where a gunman wounded then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and killed a rallygoer.
The agents, who were suspended without pay, include some supervisors, according to an official familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the developments. The suspensions range from 10 days to 42 days, the official said Thursday.
News of the suspensions emerged nearly a year after the July 13, 2024, shooting in Butler, which injured Trump and killed an attendee, Corey Comperatore. During the event, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to fire at Trump from atop a nearby roof. A Secret Service sniper returned fire, killing Crooks.
The Secret Service has faced intense criticism for security at the Butler rally, with an internal assessment concluding that the agency was responsible for stunning lapses in planning and communications. The attack ignited bipartisan outrage, spurred multiple reviews examining security failures and fueled calls for the Secret Service to undergo significant reforms.
Soon after the shooting, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned amid pressure. Her successor, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., served about six months as acting director, and he has acknowledged that the Butler attack “was a failure of the Secret Service” to secure the area or protect Trump.
This year, Trump, who months after the shooting was elected president for a second time, tapped Sean M. Curran – a longtime agent who had headed Trump’s Secret Service detail and helped shield him on the Butler stage – to serve as the agency’s director.
Assessments of the Secret Service’s actions in Butler have been withering, with reviews sharply criticizing the way the agency and its agents behaved before, during and after the shooting.
An internal review found that the Secret Service never directed local police snipers to monitor a nearby rooftop, despite the snipers’ willingness to do so. That review also found that the Secret Service had its own security room that was separate from a command post for Butler County Emergency Services, and also used a different radio frequency from local law enforcement officials, hindering them from rapidly sharing information.
The agency said that following Butler, it imposed a number of reforms, including improving communications with state and local officials and expanding the use of technology, including drones, to better monitor venues.
Another review conducted by an independent panel said the Secret Service needed “fundamental reform to carry out its mission,” which includes providing security for presidents, former leaders and other top U.S. officials.
This bipartisan panel highlighted multiple security breakdowns and found that some agents involved in Butler security were inexperienced. The panel’s review also found that agents “appear to have done little in the way of self-reflection in terms of identifying areas of missteps, omissions, or opportunities for improvement.”
Six Secret Service agents suspended in connection with Trump assassination attempt
The Secret Service has faced intense criticism for security at the Butler rally.
I thought this was a fresh thread from today, & not 600 posts in. I figured this was coming from an American over these tariffs…& that it was only a matter of time, once they realize that Mexico isn’t paying for the wall, and that other countries aren’t paying for America’s tariffs, etc…
Oh well, it’s a good thing he wasn’t shot again I guess, or JD Vance would have to assume control.
Oh well, it’s a good thing he wasn’t shot again I guess, or JD Vance would have to assume control.
its sad that a turn of the head ruined so many lives.I thought this was a fresh thread from today, & not 600 posts in. I figured this was coming from an American over these tariffs…& that it was only a matter of time, once they realize that Mexico isn’t paying for the wall, and that other countries aren’t paying for America’s tariffs, etc…
Oh well, it’s a good thing he wasn’t shot again I guess, or JD Vance would have to assume control.
Oh? What lives have been ruined?its sad that a turn of the head ruined so many lives.
there were many job losses, he cut back employees and funding for emergencies. eg. may lives were lost when the camp and surrounding areas flooded.
One year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at Secret Service but questions remain
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rebecca Santana
Published Jul 13, 2025 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 7 minute read
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Photo by Evan Vucci, File /AP Photo
WASHINGTON — In many ways, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop was a perfect storm of failings coming together that allowed 20-year-old Michael Thomas Crooks to climb on top of a nearby building and take eight shots at the once and future president.
One attendee was killed, two others wounded and a bullet grazed Trump’s ear before a Secret Service counter sniper opened fire on Crooks and killed him. That day jolted an already chaotic race for the White House and solidified Trump’s iconic status in his party and beyond.
It also became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the president. As more details emerged about what went wrong, questions multiplied: What happened to the Secret Service’s planning? Why was a rooftop with a clear line of sight to Trump left unguarded? What motivated the shooter?
Another incident in September where a gunman camped in the shrubbery outside one of Trump’s golf courses before being spotted and shot at by a Secret Service agent also raised questions about the agency’s performance.
A year after Butler, multiple investigations have detailed the breakdowns that day. Under a new leader hired by Trump, the agency has been pushing to address those problems but key questions remain.
“This was a wake-up call for the Secret Service,” said retired supervisory agent Bobby McDonald, who’s now a criminal justice lecturer at the University of New Haven.
A Senate committee and federal auditing agency over the weekend released reports about the Secret Service’s actions.
Here’s a look at what went wrong, what’s been done to address problems and the questions still unanswered.
How’d he get on that roof? Who was talking to who?
All the investigations zeroed in on a few specific problems.
The building with a clear sight line to the stage where the president was speaking only 135 metres (157 yards) away was left unguarded. Crooks eventually boosted himself up there and fired eight shots with an AR-style rifle.
The Secret Service’s investigation into its own agency’s conduct said that it wasn’t that the line-of-sight risks weren’t known about ahead of time. It was that multiple personnel assessed them as “acceptable.”
Supervisors had expected large pieces of farm equipment would be situated to block the view from the building. Those ultimately weren’t placed, and staffers who visited the site before the rally didn’t tell their supervisors that the line-of-sight concerns hadn’t been addressed, the report said.
Another glaring problem: fragmented communications between the Secret Service and the local law enforcement that the agency regularly relies on to secure events.
Instead of having one unified command post with representatives from every agency providing security in the same room, there were two command posts at the rally. One investigation described a “chaotic mixture” of radio, cell phone, text, and email used to communicate that day.
And a year later, the investigations are still coming.
“There were multiple, unacceptable failures in the planning and execution of the July 13 Butler rally,” said the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in a report released Sunday.
The committee found that the agency denied “multiple requests for additional staff, assets, and resources to protect President Trump” during the presidential campaign. The committee said that included at least two requests for the Butler rally.
The agency’s former director, Kim Cheatle, last year told a House panel before she resigned that the agency didn’t deny any requests for the rally.
Another report by the Government Accountability Office requested by Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the agency’s practices for sharing threat information. That report said senior-level agency officials knew of a specific threat to Trump in the days leading up to the rally. It wasn’t specific to the rally but it wasn’t shared with the agents or local law enforcement planning for it.
The report said the lack of information-sharing was due to the agency’s “siloed information sharing practices.” The report didn’t offer details on the threat although reporting at the time indicated that a threat to Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before the Butler rally.
‘Ensure such an event can never be repeated’
The agency said Sunday that following the assassination attempt, they took a “serious look” at their operations and have undergone significant reforms to address what happened that day.
Earlier this week the agency issued its own report Thursday about what it has done.
“Since President Trump appointed me as director of the United States Secret Service, I have kept my experience on July 13 top of mind, and the agency has taken many steps to ensure such an event can never be repeated in the future,” said Sean Curran, whom Trump tasked with leading the agency. Curran was one of the agents standing next to Trump as he was hustled off the stage after the shooting.
The agency said it had implemented 21 of the 46 recommendations made by Congressional oversight bodies. The rest were either in progress or not up to the agency to implement.
Some of what they’ve done involves new equipment and a greater emphasis on addressing threats from above. They’ve created a new Aviation Division to oversee aerial operations like drones. The agency said it has two armored ATVs for use on golf courses and is producing another three. And they’re purchasing mobile command vehicles that will be pre-positioned around the country.
But much of what the agency says it has done is about changing policies and procedures to address those July 13 lapses _ things like revising their manual to “advance procedures and communication practices” when it comes to coordinating with local law enforcement or clarifying who’s responsible for events where protectees are appearing.
They’ve updated their procedures about documenting line-of-sight concerns and how those concerns are going to be addressed.
So far it doesn’t appear that anyone has been or will be fired, although the agency’s director at the time, Kim Cheatle, swiftly resigned. The agency said Thursday that six staffers have been disciplined with suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days without pay; the six were placed on restricted duty or nonoperational positions. Their identities and positions were not released.
The lack of firings has led to criticism. The Senate report said more than six people should have been disciplined and the penalties were too weak to match the severity of what happened.
What we still don’t know
In many ways Crooks and his motivations are still a mystery.
He was killed by a Secret Service countersniper and did not leave much information about why he did what he did. Investigators say they believe he acted alone and they didn’t find any threatening comments or ideological positions on social media that shed light on his thinking.
And while it’s clear what went wrong in Butler, questions linger about how things that were so clearly problematic — like that open roof — weren’t addressed ahead of time.
Anthony Cangelosi, a former Secret Service agent who is now a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that without being able to read the interviews with the agents involved in the Butler planning it’s hard to know exactly why they did what they did. A year later, he still struggles with how so many things went wrong.
“I can’t understand how many errors were made on that site that day,” he said. “If they agreed to leave that roof unoccupied, I can’t … understand it for the life of me.”
The widow of Corey Comperatore, who died during the Butler assassination attempt, echoed some of that sentiment during an interview with Fox News this week.
“Why was that such a failure? Why weren’t they paying attention? Why did they think that that roof didn’t need covered? I want to sit down and talk to them,” Helen Comperatore said.
Cangelosi said he still questions whether the agency asked for additional personnel to cover a busy election year and if they did, whether those requests were granted. He thinks the Secret Service needs better pay to retain agents tempted to leave the agency for other federal government jobs.
McDonald said he suspects part of the problem ahead of the Butler rally was that the Secret Service might have had a hard time understanding that the type of protection Trump needed wasn’t the same as for other former presidents.
He said it “boggles the mind” how Crooks was able to get on that roof and said that “communication” and “complacency” are the two issues that he thinks really went wrong in Butler.
But he also said that he feels the agency is moving in the right direction. “A lot of good people doing a lot good work there,” he said, “and I hope they continue to move in the right direction.”
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Rebecca Santana
Published Jul 13, 2025 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 7 minute read
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Photo by Evan Vucci, File /AP Photo
WASHINGTON — In many ways, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop was a perfect storm of failings coming together that allowed 20-year-old Michael Thomas Crooks to climb on top of a nearby building and take eight shots at the once and future president.
One attendee was killed, two others wounded and a bullet grazed Trump’s ear before a Secret Service counter sniper opened fire on Crooks and killed him. That day jolted an already chaotic race for the White House and solidified Trump’s iconic status in his party and beyond.
It also became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the president. As more details emerged about what went wrong, questions multiplied: What happened to the Secret Service’s planning? Why was a rooftop with a clear line of sight to Trump left unguarded? What motivated the shooter?
Another incident in September where a gunman camped in the shrubbery outside one of Trump’s golf courses before being spotted and shot at by a Secret Service agent also raised questions about the agency’s performance.
A year after Butler, multiple investigations have detailed the breakdowns that day. Under a new leader hired by Trump, the agency has been pushing to address those problems but key questions remain.
“This was a wake-up call for the Secret Service,” said retired supervisory agent Bobby McDonald, who’s now a criminal justice lecturer at the University of New Haven.
A Senate committee and federal auditing agency over the weekend released reports about the Secret Service’s actions.
Here’s a look at what went wrong, what’s been done to address problems and the questions still unanswered.
How’d he get on that roof? Who was talking to who?
All the investigations zeroed in on a few specific problems.
The building with a clear sight line to the stage where the president was speaking only 135 metres (157 yards) away was left unguarded. Crooks eventually boosted himself up there and fired eight shots with an AR-style rifle.
The Secret Service’s investigation into its own agency’s conduct said that it wasn’t that the line-of-sight risks weren’t known about ahead of time. It was that multiple personnel assessed them as “acceptable.”
Supervisors had expected large pieces of farm equipment would be situated to block the view from the building. Those ultimately weren’t placed, and staffers who visited the site before the rally didn’t tell their supervisors that the line-of-sight concerns hadn’t been addressed, the report said.
Another glaring problem: fragmented communications between the Secret Service and the local law enforcement that the agency regularly relies on to secure events.
Instead of having one unified command post with representatives from every agency providing security in the same room, there were two command posts at the rally. One investigation described a “chaotic mixture” of radio, cell phone, text, and email used to communicate that day.
And a year later, the investigations are still coming.
“There were multiple, unacceptable failures in the planning and execution of the July 13 Butler rally,” said the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in a report released Sunday.
The committee found that the agency denied “multiple requests for additional staff, assets, and resources to protect President Trump” during the presidential campaign. The committee said that included at least two requests for the Butler rally.
The agency’s former director, Kim Cheatle, last year told a House panel before she resigned that the agency didn’t deny any requests for the rally.
Another report by the Government Accountability Office requested by Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the agency’s practices for sharing threat information. That report said senior-level agency officials knew of a specific threat to Trump in the days leading up to the rally. It wasn’t specific to the rally but it wasn’t shared with the agents or local law enforcement planning for it.
The report said the lack of information-sharing was due to the agency’s “siloed information sharing practices.” The report didn’t offer details on the threat although reporting at the time indicated that a threat to Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before the Butler rally.
‘Ensure such an event can never be repeated’
The agency said Sunday that following the assassination attempt, they took a “serious look” at their operations and have undergone significant reforms to address what happened that day.
Earlier this week the agency issued its own report Thursday about what it has done.
“Since President Trump appointed me as director of the United States Secret Service, I have kept my experience on July 13 top of mind, and the agency has taken many steps to ensure such an event can never be repeated in the future,” said Sean Curran, whom Trump tasked with leading the agency. Curran was one of the agents standing next to Trump as he was hustled off the stage after the shooting.
The agency said it had implemented 21 of the 46 recommendations made by Congressional oversight bodies. The rest were either in progress or not up to the agency to implement.
Some of what they’ve done involves new equipment and a greater emphasis on addressing threats from above. They’ve created a new Aviation Division to oversee aerial operations like drones. The agency said it has two armored ATVs for use on golf courses and is producing another three. And they’re purchasing mobile command vehicles that will be pre-positioned around the country.
But much of what the agency says it has done is about changing policies and procedures to address those July 13 lapses _ things like revising their manual to “advance procedures and communication practices” when it comes to coordinating with local law enforcement or clarifying who’s responsible for events where protectees are appearing.
They’ve updated their procedures about documenting line-of-sight concerns and how those concerns are going to be addressed.
So far it doesn’t appear that anyone has been or will be fired, although the agency’s director at the time, Kim Cheatle, swiftly resigned. The agency said Thursday that six staffers have been disciplined with suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days without pay; the six were placed on restricted duty or nonoperational positions. Their identities and positions were not released.
The lack of firings has led to criticism. The Senate report said more than six people should have been disciplined and the penalties were too weak to match the severity of what happened.
What we still don’t know
In many ways Crooks and his motivations are still a mystery.
He was killed by a Secret Service countersniper and did not leave much information about why he did what he did. Investigators say they believe he acted alone and they didn’t find any threatening comments or ideological positions on social media that shed light on his thinking.
And while it’s clear what went wrong in Butler, questions linger about how things that were so clearly problematic — like that open roof — weren’t addressed ahead of time.
Anthony Cangelosi, a former Secret Service agent who is now a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that without being able to read the interviews with the agents involved in the Butler planning it’s hard to know exactly why they did what they did. A year later, he still struggles with how so many things went wrong.
“I can’t understand how many errors were made on that site that day,” he said. “If they agreed to leave that roof unoccupied, I can’t … understand it for the life of me.”
The widow of Corey Comperatore, who died during the Butler assassination attempt, echoed some of that sentiment during an interview with Fox News this week.
“Why was that such a failure? Why weren’t they paying attention? Why did they think that that roof didn’t need covered? I want to sit down and talk to them,” Helen Comperatore said.
Cangelosi said he still questions whether the agency asked for additional personnel to cover a busy election year and if they did, whether those requests were granted. He thinks the Secret Service needs better pay to retain agents tempted to leave the agency for other federal government jobs.
McDonald said he suspects part of the problem ahead of the Butler rally was that the Secret Service might have had a hard time understanding that the type of protection Trump needed wasn’t the same as for other former presidents.
He said it “boggles the mind” how Crooks was able to get on that roof and said that “communication” and “complacency” are the two issues that he thinks really went wrong in Butler.
But he also said that he feels the agency is moving in the right direction. “A lot of good people doing a lot good work there,” he said, “and I hope they continue to move in the right direction.”
One year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at Secret Service but questions remain
In many ways, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop was a perfect storm of failings coming together.
Ya, he cut 10% of FEDERAL EMPLOYEES who are crying the blues. They sure didn't cry when others lost their jobs, that's for sure so there's no sympathy from me. Besides they get 3 months of pay before they're off the payroll, plenty of time to find something else.there were many job losses, he cut back employees and funding for emergencies. eg. may lives were lost when the camp and surrounding areas flooded.
And employment stats were up in June so I'm not exactly sure where you get your info from.
i was under the impression that things have gotten more expensive in canada and canada has lost many jobs because of trump.
Actually, things are more expensive in Canada than the U.S. but they always have been so that's nothing new. As for job losses, apparently there's been an increase but mostly in part-time work which is surprising because I know people who WANT to work part time but don't even get an acknowledgement of their resumes. So, dunno what's going on quite frankly.