Investigating the Trump assassination attempt
A growing list of security failures now under investigation after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump got protective agents with no practice for rally; stand-ins saw only video, whistleblowers say
The Secret Service relied in part on Homeland Security Investigations agents who had just two hours of training to provide protective detail to former President Donald Trump at the July 13 rally where he was nearly assassinated, according to new whistleblower allegations.
Butler County residents still rattled after Trump assassination attempt
This western Pennsylvania area’s claim to fame used to be that it is the birthplace of the Jeep. That all changed on July 13.
Secret Service takes personnel off security duties after Trump assassination attempt
The Secret Service has temporarily removed some personnel from security duties as the agency investigates their potential involvement in security failures that occurred at the July 13 rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated, according to reports.
Sex offender suspected of threatening to kill Trump is arrested in Arizona
Authorities in Arizona arrested a convicted sex offender Thursday afternoon on suspicion of threatening to kill Donald Trump during the former president’s campaign stop at the southern border.
Arizona police search for ex-con who made threats on Trump’s life
A manhunt was underway in Arizona on Thursday for a convicted sex offender who authorities said threatened to kill Donald Trump during the former president’s campaign stop at the southern border.
House Republicans press FBI for more information on Iran’s role in plot to kill Trump
Key House Republicans are demanding answers from the Biden administration about the recent arrest of a Pakistani man in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to kill U.S. officials, presumably including former President Donald Trump, and about an apparent string of threats to American political figures emanating from Tehran.
Secret Service agent at Trump event reportedly left post to breastfeed
Just a few weeks after a gunman came within an inch of assassinating former President Donald Trump, there has been another reported security lapse at a Trump rally.
House panel probing potential censorship of near Trump assassination
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is investigating whether tech giants Meta and Google censored information on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Iran wants U.S. voters to think Trump assassination attempt was a hoax, cyber firm says
Iran was secretly behind efforts to paint the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump as a hoax, according to the cyber intelligence firm Recorded Future.
House Democrat introduces bills to trim Secret Service duties after Trump assassination attempt
Rep. Ritchie Torres, New York Democrat, on Tuesday introduced a pair of bills that would shift the role of the Secret Service in an attempt to better protect presidents and other political leaders from assassination attempts.
‘Bullets, bullets’: Trump recounts assassination attempt in glitch-marred Musk interview
Former President Donald Trump, speaking in a glitch-marred interview with the X platform Monday, said his assassination attempt was “not pleasant” but credited God for saving his life when he turned his face at the “perfect angle” to look at a chart about illegal immigration.
Trump recounts assassination attempt to X’s Elon Musk: ‘Not pleasant’
Former President Donald Trump, speaking in a glitch-marred interview with the X platform Monday, said his assassination attempt was “not pleasant” but credited God for saving his life when he turned his face at the “perfect angle” to look at a chart about illegal immigration.
One month after Trump assassination attempt, key questions remain unanswered
Why did Thomas Matthew Crooks try to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13? And why did the Secret Service not have eyes on the rooftop from which he fired?
Body camera footage shows local police anger at Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt
In the chaotic aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last month, a local police officer told a fellow officer he had warned the Secret Service days earlier that the building where the 20-year-old gunman opened fire needed to be secured.
Trump says his ear healed from shooting
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s healed from the gunshot that hit his ear during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
Americans aren’t buying the official version of the Trump shooting, poll shows
Americans are deeply skeptical of the official storyline of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, with a new poll showing just a third of them believe the gunman was acting alone and there was no broader conspiracy.
‘Staged’: Left-wing conspiracies about Trump shooting persist against evidence
As most of the country expressed outrage that a shooter could come within an inch of killing a former president and current GOP nominee, left-wing corners of the internet rushed to watch old video of Donald Trump making appearances at pro wrestling matches.
Senators knock Secret Service for making local cops ‘scapegoat’ for Trump assassination attempt
The Secret Service appears to be shifting blame for failing to prevent the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to local cops that helped provide security at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally, multiple senators told The Washington Times.
Will U.S. intelligence blow its last chance with Trump?
Now that the Republican convention is over, former President Donald Trump likely will receive the intelligence briefings traditionally provided to presidential nominees after both parties’ conventions
Secret Service, FBI’s Trump shooting stonewall
Administration officials tried to play into left-wing conspiracy theories about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, but they failed spectacularly once again.
Secret Service chief ‘ashamed’ shooter able to fire at Trump, announces disciplinary probe
The new head of the Secret Service said he’s “ashamed” his agency failed to secure the roof of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman shot at and nearly assassinated former President Donald Trump.
GOP senators call for independent commission to investigate Trump assassination attempt
Sen. Roger Marshall and other Republican senators want an independent, apolitical commission to quickly investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and a crisis intervention team to overhaul the Secret Service.
Trump rails against Facebook, Google as censors of assassination attempt photo and searches
Former President Donald Trump accused Facebook and Google of censoring news of his assassination attempt, saying it’s an attempt to rig the election.
Secret Service chief blames agency’s faulty drone tech for missed chance to stop Trump shooter
The Secret Service may have been able to stop the gunman who shot at former President Donald Trump on July 13 had its counter-drone technology worked as intended.
Acting Secret Service boss says he ‘cannot defend’ why roof in Trump rally shooting was unsecured
The Secret Service’s acting director told lawmakers on Tuesday that he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured, faulting local law enforcement for not circulating vital information to federal authorities.
Secret Service opens disciplinary probe into agents responsible for securing Trump’s July 13 rally
The Secret Service has launched a disciplinary investigation into actions and decision-making of its agents involved in securing the July 13 rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.
Secret Service and FBI officials will testify about Trump assassination attempt in latest hearing
Senate lawmakers are expected Tuesday to grill the acting director of the Secret Service about law enforcement lapses in the hours before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to the shooting.
FBI says it will interview Trump as victim in assassination attempt
The FBI said Monday it does want to interview former President Donald Trump as the victim of the July 13 assassination attempt.
Wray’s magic shrapnel theory about attempted Trump assassination
The left is trying to memory-hole the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
House leaders name task force members to probe Trump shooting; panel led by Rep. Kelly of Pa.
Rep. Mike Kelly, a Republican who represents the Pennsylvania district where former President Donald Trump was nearly killed at a rally earlier this month, will chair a special House task force empaneled to investigate the assassination attempt.
Law enforcement alerted to would-be Trump assassin 90 minutes before shooting: Report
Law enforcement officials shared notes about Thomas Matthew Crooks’ suspicious behavior more than 90 minutes before the would-be assassin took aim at former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this month.
Trump agrees to be interviewed as part of an investigation into his assassination attempt, FBI says
Former President Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania earlier this month, a special agent said on Monday in disclosing how the gunman prior to the shooting had researched mass attacks and explosive devices.
Rep. Michael McCaul says report on Trump assassination attempt could be out by end of year
Rep. Michael McCaul said there could be a report done about the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by the end of this year.
FBI director reopens old wounds as bureau asks whether Trump was hit with bullet
The FBI spent years trying to repair damage from its zealous pursuit of Donald Trump, but then Director Christopher A. Wray suggested that a would-be assassin’s bullet didn’t actually strike Mr. Trump.
FBI acknowledges Trump was hit by a bullet in assassination attempt
The FBI said Friday that former President Donald Trump was hit by the would-be assassin’s bullet, as the bureau moved to clean up Director Christopher A. Wray’s controversial testimony earlier this week questioning Mr. Trump’s account.
FBI hasn’t interviewed Trump about assassination attempt
The FBI has yet to interview former President Donald Trump about the attempted assassination that nearly cost him his life, his campaign told The Washington Times.
FBI director in hot water after suggesting Trump wasn’t hit by a bullet
A congressman who has served as former President Donald Trump’s doctor said Friday that Mr. Trump’s ear was in fact struck by a bullet, not shrapnel or glass.
New Secret Service chief more ‘forthright,’ but questions remain on Trump shooting, senators say
The acting director of the Secret Service is more forthcoming with information than his predecessor, senators investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump said Thursday.
Senator says Secret Service declined to fly drones to protect Trump rally
A Republican senator said Thursday that the Secret Service “repeatedly denied” an offer by a local law enforcement agency to fly a drone to help secure the site of the Trump rally on July 13.
Senate Judiciary, Homeland panels to hold joint hearing on Trump assassination attempt
The Senate Judiciary and Homeland and Government Affairs committees will hold a joint hearing Tuesday on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump with officials from the FBI and Secret Service.
Trump shooter was ‘avid’ gun hobbyist who zeroed in on former president a week before attack
The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a “loner” gun enthusiast who seemed to be interested in public figures and only recently began to zero in on Mr. Trump as a target for an attack, the FBI said Wednesday.
Trump shooter searched for distance of Kennedy assassination
The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump focused on him about a week before the shooting, and even did an internet search on the distance Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot and killed President Kennedy in 1963.
Trump shooter flew drone just two hours before assassination attempt, says FBI chief
The man who came within an inch of killing former President Donald Trump flew a drone near the rally site just two hours before Mr. Trump took the stage, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray revealed Wednesday.
Trump to stop holding jumbo-sized outdoor rallies after assassination attempt: Report
Former President Donald Trump will reportedly abandon any future jumbo-sized outdoor like that one at which he was nearly assassinated earlier this month
Pennsylvania State Police commissioner tells Congress that planning for Trump rally was normal
The head of the Pennsylvania State Police told Congress on Tuesday that the planning for former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally was no different from dozens of other events coordinated with the Secret Service.
Secret Service won’t provide answers about Trump shooting
Even Democrats are frustrated with administration stonewalling.
House committee grills FBI director about Trump shooting
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is facing the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and is expected to respond to a slew of questions about whistleblower claims of politically motivated disciplinary action by the bureau’s security division.
Would-be assassin flew drone over rally site before firing on Trump
The gunman who made an attempt on Donald Trump’s life used a drone to survey the Pennsylvania rally site possibly days, or even hours, before he took aim at the former president.
Trump rails against Biden, Harris, says he was honored to take ‘bullet for democracy’
Former President Donald Trump blamed the Biden White House for not guarding him from the shooter at his Pennsylvania rally this month.
Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt after pressure from Congress
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is resigning from her post after initially resisting pressure from Congress to do so.
Johnson, Jeffries announce bipartisan House task force to investigate attempted Trump assassination
House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries formally announced on Tuesday plans for a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump that the House will vote on this week.
Nancy Mace to force vote on impeaching Secret Service Director Cheatle
Rep. Nancy Mace is forcing the House to vote this week on whether to impeach Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after she refused lawmakers’ calls for her to resign.
Democrats join GOP calls for Secret Service Director Cheatle to resign
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, after refusing to answer a majority of questions Monday in the first congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is facing overwhelming bipartisan calls for her resignation.
No second gunman, no foreign influence, no staged shooting: Secret Service nixes conspiracy theories
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday there is no evidence of a second shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
