New video has surfaced that shows what appears to be a figure running along the roof just prior to the assassination attempt on former P...
New video has surfaced that shows what appears to be a figure running along the roof just prior to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on July 13.
In the clip posted Wednesday on X, former President Trump can be seen standing at the podium at the beginning of his Butler rally. In the background of the footage, which was taken from behind the former president, a person appears to be moving across the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building. The video was obtained by Fox News and filmed by James Copenhaver, who was shot twice and critically wounded in the assassination attempt on the former president, Fox News reported.
The eyewitness video was taken at 6:08 p.m. and appears to show shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks just minutes before he opened fire, hitting Trump in the side of the head, killing rally-goer Corey Comperatore, and injuring two others, Copenhaver and David Dutch.
Questions have been raised about how Crooks managed to get onto the rooftop of the AGR building, therefore gaining a direct line of sight to Trump.
A Secret Service sniper shot and killed Crooks while other personnel rushed to protect Trump and escort him off the stage — but not before the former president was hit in the ear.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned last week, one day after testifying before the House as she faced backlash over the security failure underlying the Trump rally shooting.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas then announced that Ronald Rowe, the Secret Service’s deputy director, would become acting director.
On Tuesday, Rowe said it was clear to him that “other protective enhancements could have strengthened our security” at the rally and listed some directives he made, as previously reported.
The acting director said he ordered the “expanded” use of drones to detect elevated threats and directed resources to “facilitate” communications, particularly with state and local partners.
Rowe said he directed protective detail requests to be approved “expeditiously” and ordered the “maximum use” of requested personnel at protective sites to address “this heightened security environment.”
The Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting a review, and any employee shown to have violated agency protocols “will be held accountable to our disciplinary process,” Rowe said.
Rowe also declared that he instructed staff to provide “full cooperation and respond expeditiously on a continuing basis” to congressional investigations.
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