Butler, Pennsylvania – Republican Reps. Corey Mills of Florida and Eli Klain of Arizona visited Butler, Pennsylvania on Thursday and raised several questions about the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Mills, an Army combat veteran and tactical security expert, and Klain, a former Navy SEAL sniper, visited the scene and climbed to the roof where suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump with a rifle, wounding the Republican candidate in the right ear, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore and injuring two other bystanders at the July 13 rally.
Representatives for the pair were on site, along with conservative commentator Benjamin “Benny” Johnson, to film an upcoming podcast episode of “The Benny Show.”
“I want to thank Navy SEAL sniper Eli Klein and Army combat veteran and tactical security specialist Corey Mills for bringing my team to Butler, Pennsylvania today,” Johnson said in a post on X. “They are both incredible lawmakers who will get to the truth of how that bullet ended up in Mr. Trump’s head.”
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Rep. Corey Mills and Rep. Eli Klain tour the Butler Fairgrounds, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. The fairgrounds is the site of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
A bird’s-eye view of a water tower near Butler Amusement Park in Butler, Pennsylvania, Thursday, July 25, 2024. The park is the site of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Mills and Klain’s visit came after a bipartisan group of 11 lawmakers visited the site on Monday.
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Klain, who has been to the site twice before, previously posted a video to X showing how easily it would have been possible for him to climb onto a rooftop about 150 yards from where Trump spoke and position himself for a sniper with a direct line of sight to the former president.
“Hey guys, I’m on top of the building where the alleged sniper shot up, and it’s not a very steep hill,” Crane said. “If the Secret Service or whoever had a sniper team up there, this guy wouldn’t have been able to get five feet off the roof.”
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A view of the Butler Fairgrounds is seen from the water tower on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Following the assassination attempt on President Trump, there were calls for then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign.
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Cheatle initially adamant that he would not resign, but then resigned the day after his opening remarks to Parliament.
