Trump rally victim identified as Corey Comperatore, 'hero' shielded wife and girls from bullets
FOX NewsJUL 12 2024
The US House panel probing the July assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., released a preliminary report Monday, finding "a lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners before the rally."
It said the pre-rally security "walkthrough" between the Secret Service (USSS) and local police was "mismanaged." One local police commander told the committee the walkthrough was not "organized" and "just a bunch of people sort of milling around."
It said three officers were aware of the "suspicious" behavior of the shooter, Thomas Crooks, more than an hour before the shooting. While their warnings about Crooks were sent to the USSS, it found no evidence that they were received by Trump's immediate protective detail.
The USSS is beyond responsible for this, as they are the primary line of defense for Donald Trump. Besides the rooftop, which anyone with common sense would have protected right away, there were many other elevated sites that the agency should've taken care of before that rally. The USSS has all the technology to monitor these threats, from drones to thermal cameras, but they simply chose not to.
While impassioned thoughts and remarks about this situation are understandable, the American people should rest assured that the USSS is already implentingimplementing changes with respect to personnel, communications, and technology. The USSS, as well as itsthe parentDept. agencyof DHSHomeland Security, is also in dire need of more funding, and while that's no excuse, it's a sound national security proposal that everyone can certainly agree upon.