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Why Didn’t the Secret Service Use Drones to Protect Former President Trump?
The Role of Drones in Protecting High-Profile Events: A Lesson from the Trump Rally Shooting. On July 13, a tragic incident unfolded at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire from a rooftop near where former President Donald Trump was speaking. This event resulted in the death of one rallygoer and serious injuries to two others before Crooks was shot dead by the Secret Service. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, sustained an injury to his right ear but appeared at the Republican National Convention days later with a bandage over his wound.
Did a DJI drone facilitate Trump rally attack?
On July 13, 2024, former President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Investigators now say the gunman utilized a DJI drone to conduct pre-attack reconnaissance, significantly aiding his ability to carry out the attack. According to local law enforcement authorities, 20-year-old Thomas...
Secret Service director to testify over Trump assassination attempt
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle is set to testify before Congress over agency decisions that made the rally at a Butler, Pennsylvania, venue less secure leading up to the assassination attempt of former President Trump. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
'You look incompetent': House members rage at Secret Service director over Trump rally shooting
The director of the Secret Service was grilled by House members and called on to resign Monday following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump earlier this month. What You Need To Know. The director of the Secret Service was grilled by House members and called on to resign...
Secret Service director faces heated hearing today on Trump rally attack: Live updates
WASHINGTON − Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the agency's missteps in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at the GOP nominee's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Tenn., said Americans "demand...
Secret Service director: Trump shooting was agency’s ‘most significant operational failure’ in decades
Oversight Chair James Comer kicked off the hearing telling Kimberly Cheatle that she should resign. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers on Monday that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was the agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, while also broadly laying out how it prepared for the rally.
Kimberly Cheatle admits Trump shooting was worst Secret Service blunder in decades: ‘On July 13th, we failed’
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted on Monday that the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump was the “most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades” — but still refused to resign as she faced tough questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. “The Secret...
Secret Service director to face intense questioning following Trump assassination attempt
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will appear before a congressional panel on Monday facing questioning over her agency's actions that allowed a gunman to fire at former President Donald Trump at a July 13 rally. Trump, who was wounded in his right ear, was addressing supporters when a gunman fired...
Sen. Ron Johnson releases preliminary findings of probe into Trump assassination attempt
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc, released his official 13-page preliminary findings of his office's investigation into the assassination attempt of former President Trump. Trump survived the assassination attempt on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where alleged gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire, killing one spectator and injuring several others, including Trump, who suffered injuries to his ear.
Trump shooter Thomas Crooks was likely 'acting out a fantasy': Extremism expert
An expert in extremism and terrorism said that Thomas Matthew Crooks' assassination attempt on former President Trump was likely not politically motivated – instead, the 20-year-old was likely "acting out a fantasy," and seeking a target that would bring him "attention and fame." Jytte Klausen, a political science professor...
Secret Service director: 'We failed' solemn mission to protect Trump
(TND) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was grilled in a House hearing Monday over what she admitted was "the most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades." “The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders,” Cheatle told lawmakers. “On July 13th, we failed.”...
House vote planned to establish task force into Trump assassination attempt
House Republicans are moving forward with establishing a bipartisan task force to review the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the latest move by the GOP to hold the Secret Service accountable. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) is spearheading a bill that would establish a task force composed of […]
Cranberry Teen Dies In Pittsburgh Crash
A teenager from Cranberry is dead after a motorcycle crash in Pittsburgh. 19-year-old Aiden Tanner was riding his motorcycle on Route 51 Friday night around 8:20 p.m. in the Mt. Washington section of Pittsburgh. Police say Tanner lost control of his bike and crashed. He was wearing a helmet, but...
Rosemary Glod, Girard, Ohio
GIRARD, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Rosemary Glod, 73, crossed the veil to the Otherworld on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 7:25 a.m. surrounded by her family. Rosemary was born on April 26, 1951, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Louise Reilly Hornyak in Youngstown, and was a lifelong area resident.
Secret Service Director Gives Update on Thomas Crooks 'Threat'
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle provided an update on the "threat" posed by Thomas Crooks during a hearing about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. On Monday, Cheatle appeared before the House Oversight Committee to answer questions about the assassination attempt and ongoing investigations by the FBI...
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