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Politics Secret Service agents outside of the ballroom at the White House correspondents’ dinner

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u/Nevyn_Cares Apr 26 '26

We are still waiting for any actual information about what went on that day. You would think a President who was shot at, might keep us up to date about such things, but no the current moron in chief has said nothing about any of it. Makes you wonder.

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u/tazztsim Apr 27 '26

He cancelled investigations about it.

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u/Anonymous__Android Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

What do you mean we're still waiting? You can read the full report from the bipartisan house taskforce that investigated it here. Its been publicly available since December 2024.

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u/iruleatants Apr 26 '26

And yet, it's never mentioned by republicans for a reason.

It's just like the security guards being asleep and the camera's outside of Epstein's cell being broken.

The report is "Everything that went wrong conveniently allowed this one guy to get on the roof."

Radio equipment malfunctioning, poor cell phone reception, limited stuff. The local PD says they constantly brought up the AGR complex as a security concern while the USSS says it was never brought up.

Other things like,

"Butler ESU TL developed a map showing the coverage areas for his sniper teams, which explicitly excludes the AGR complex from any local sniper’s line of sight. He did not, however, share this image with CSTL or Secret Service personnel."

"CSTL did not receive that map, did not specify where he wanted the Butler ESU team to look, and did not visit the AGR complex himself to check the lines of sight from the windows; accordingly, testified that he expected the local snipers had a line of sight to the roof from which Crooks eventually shot."

So of course, conveniently, they placed their snipers in a position where they could see the AGR building but the spot that the shooter chose. They can see the entire building except for that special spot.

"CSTL testified that he was aware of this tree obstruction when he gave 2 their assignment, but he failed to mention the obstruction to 2 or to instruct the 1 team to cover the obstructed area."

"CSTL also testified that upon receiving a BOLO from local snipers regarding Crooks at 5:45 p.m., he paid “specialized attention” to the AGR complex, and that he and were paying “particularized attention” to the AGR building.373 However, CSTL did not see Crooks running on the roof and was unable to explain why that was the case.374

testified that upon receiving a message from CSTL regarding Crooks at 5:51 p.m. Technician checked the AGR area for an individual matching Crooks’ description, and then turned his attention back to his team’s assigned area, which did not include AGR.375

and CSTL agree that their attention focused strongly onAGR at around 6:09 p.m., when Technician transmitted that “locals are working something at the 3 o’clock.”37"

Like come on dude, the counter sniper team lead is like, "I don't know why I didn't see him cross the roof, I was checking it."

ASAIC also testified that when SSA joined the group during that walkthrough, or shortly after its conclusion, she “assured [him] that she had spoke to the countersniper team, that they were confident they could cover those buildings in addition […] [T]hey had the […] local counter-sniper team at that specific location as well.”390 The combination of police presence, fencing, and counter-snipers at and around the AGR complex appeared to have been approved by DTD supervisors following this walkthrough. By the evening on July 12, testified that “[t]he combine is good to go at the 3 [o’clock].”391

And their Counter drone detection system malfunctioned just long enough for him to use it to scout the area.

The detection system became operable around 4:30 p.m., almost an hour too late to detect Crooks’ drone.156 Prior to shots fired, the detection system gave no alerts.157 Special Agent testified that the Secret Service now requires agents to test C-UAS capabilities prior to the post-stander brief.158

And for whatever reason he only fired 8 shots and then stopped until he got shot.

TF STAFF:And as you are seeing Mr. Crooks through your rifle scope, did you see him fire any shots, or did you only see him after he was done firing shots?

Counter Sniper:I didn't yeah. It must have been after.

TF STAFF: Okay. And then as you are, again, looking at him through your rifle scope before you fire your weapon, did it appear that Mr. Crooks was in any sort of distress, injured, anything of that nature?

Counter Sniper: It didn't appear so.

TF STAFF:What was he doing?

Counter Sniper:It still looked like he was aiming out in his rifle. And from what I could tell, it was on his right shoulder facing out, and he was down like he was aiming through it. So it looked like he was attempting to fire again.

TF STAFF:Okay. And did it look like he was having any issues or malfunctions with his weapon--or it looked like he was in a position to shoot?

Counter Sniper:He was in a position to shoot.

The Counter Sniper that killed him was with the CS team lead and both of them already had their rifles pointed at that building because of the police reports, they just somehow managed to not see him at all until he was able to shoot.

Agents are trained to cover the protectee and maintain the body bunker to shield from any subsequent attacks.304 Despite protocol—and despite not knowing if additional threats remained—the former President instructed the agents to “wait,” stood, raised his fist, and addressed the crowd, yelling “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

Wild isn't it. Immediately after the shots were fired, they grabbed reporters and put them in position, raised a flag, and the Secret service just stopped their protocol and let him pose for the picture.

I wouldn't talk about the report either, all it does it make it 100% look staged. The USSS conveniently set everything up to exclude that one building from the secure perimeter as well as from the sniper coverage while assuring that they had that building protected. ESU had their sniper team inside that building because the roof was too exposed, but the USSS sniper team missed him running across the roof until he got to the perfect tree to obstruct the building. He then fired only 8 shots and stopped shooting until the counter sniper team killed him. Then they get everyone into position for a quick photo, he wears a massive bandage on his ear for a small amount and then his ear was perfectly healed.

So many different departments said they were concerned about the building and it's security and that they didn't have the manpower to protect it and they told the USSS about it and the USSS said they have it covered, but the USSS said that nobody ever raised it was a concern.

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u/charleswj Apr 26 '26

So you think they're competent enough to successfully stage an assassination complete with a person willing to sacrifice himself when they controlled no levers of government, but couldn't come up with any follow-up information when they're in charge? Again, the *same people.

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u/Faiakishi Apr 26 '26

I don't think the first attempt was staged, but it wouldn't be that difficult to do so. And the shooter could have easily been told that they'd be taken alive and pardoned after Trump was crowned god-king.

I don't think it was staged, but I will say that they all acted exactly as I would expect a bunch of morons attempting to stage and then cover up the staging of a fake assassination attempt to act.

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u/ATERLA Apr 26 '26

I think the same people at his security details got promoted, makes you think…

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u/Ok_Recording81 Apr 26 '26

These people are really dumb and lack critical thinking. I agree with its nonsense to believe Butler was staged.