New body camera footage released Tuesday shows that the would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump was identified by the Secret Service long before the first shot was rang out.
A video released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) shows local police officers standing next to the bloody body of 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks and talking with Secret Service agents about the timeline of events.
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“So this is the guy the sniper saw,” a Secret Service agent is heard saying in the video, as police interject.
“Yes, the Beaver County shooter saw it and sent us a photo. This is him,” the local cop said.
BREAKING: Body camera footage from rooftop after assassination attempt on President Trump
Cops said a Secret Service sniper took several photographs of Thomas Crooks before the shooting. pic.twitter.com/E4dVx7SbwN
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Video evidence further proves that the Secret Service and former President Trump’s security forces were aware of a suspicious individual in the vicinity and allowed the former President onto the stage without warning him, even though agents temporarily lost sight of the individual.
Outgoing Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has not responded to repeated questions about why the exposing of a former president was still allowed given the potential threat he posed. Cheatle announced her resignation on Tuesday, Breitbart News reported. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a statement Tuesday that more accountability for the failure is coming soon.
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Oversight and Accountability Committee
“As a result of the Oversight Committee hearings, Director Cheatle has resigned and further accountability will follow. The Secret Service has a mission that is unfailing, but during Director Cheatle’s tenure there has been a historical record of failure,” Comer said.
“Egregious security failures leading up to and during the Butler, Pennsylvania rally led to an assassination attempt on President Trump, the killing of an innocent victim, and harm to others in the crowd,” he added. “Director Cheatle’s resignation is a step toward accountability, but we must now conduct a thorough investigation into how these security failures occurred and how to prevent them from happening again. We support the House Task Force in working to ensure transparency, accountability and solutions, and will continue to monitor the Secret Service to ensure this never happens again.”
