Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) Publishes Disturbing Account of Failed Plot to Kill Former President Trump
By John Livingston
July 28, 2024

A brand-new report on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump suggests the Secret Service did not take part in a security rundown before the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Assassination Evidence Implicates GovernmentThe 13-page report from Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on initial findings about the event stated his ask for info from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security and the FBI have been ignored, as was his demand to preserve records connected to the assassination effort.

🚨Preliminary findings in my investigation into the attempted assassination of President Trump: pic.twitter.com/iMlN2hu8fw

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) July 21, 2024

“The deceptive nature of federal agencies’ responses to the July 13, 2024, occurrence in which previous President Trump was hurt, one participant was killed, and two others were left in critical condition is utterly untenable,” the senator stated.

Johnson mentioned that the report was a preliminary effort to create an accurate account of the events, and it would be upgraded as more details appear.

In a post on X, Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics called the details in the report “frightening” and “cooling.”

The senator’s report stated the Secret Service “did not attend a security briefing offered to local special weapons and strategies (SWAT) and sniper groups the early morning of July 13, 2024.

Regional SWAT groups were provided particular roles and places, and the building where Thomas Crooks shot Trump was located beyond the designated location.

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It is uncertain why Secret Service did not take part in this security briefing and the level to which ESU [the Butler County, Pennsylvania, Emergency Services Unit] coordinated with Secret Service in creating and implementing the security prepare for the rally,” the report stated.

Johnson’s report said that in the days leading up to the rally, regional cops were told the “Secret Service was not going to send their own snipers to the rally which regional law enforcement would need to go ‘sniper heavy’ in order to make sure appropriate protection.

According to the report, the Secret Service changed its position roughly 24 hours prior to the rally, although the motivation behind this modification remains uncertain. The report likewise omitted any conversation concerning drone flights above the occasion location, regardless of acknowledging allegations that Crooks operated a drone above the site.

According to the report, regional authorities deemed Crooks suspicious while he remained in the building at 5:10 p.m. He was observed using a range finder at 5:32 p.m. A police officer notified the command center about Crooks at 5:41 p.m., and a text message was sent to the Beaver ESU Group Command four minutes later.
Assassination Evidence Implicates GovernmentAt 5:59 p.m., a Beaver County police officer got word from a Butler County SWAT group leader that the command center, that included the Secret Service, had actually been informed of the messages and was seeking more information about the suspect’s whereabouts, according to the report.
Crooks began shooting 12 minutes later.

The report mentioned that details collected by Johnson’s team recommend that a countersniper had identified Crooks as suspicious. However, it also raises questions regarding how the Secret Service managed this info, why representatives were not immediately dispatched to the American Glass Research building, and notably, why  President Trump was allowed to enter the stage until this threat had been neutralized.

The report said that after Crooks was eliminated, 2 Beaver County, Pennsylvania, law enforcement agents accessed the roofing of the AGR structure and saw the would-be assassin’s body.
Assassination Evidence Implicates GovernmentIn a follow-up search of Crooks, authorities discovered a suspected device that could possibly be used to set off an explosive from another location. Later on, at 6:32, 7:45, and 7:46 p.m., regional law enforcement agents with the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office photographed Crooks, a cellular phone, and a push-button control gadget near the body of the alleged shooter.

The report notes that only one remaining member of Trump’s usual security team is at the scene. The one-piece that seems not to be noted is that the shooter KNEW the ideal shooting bench would not be secured. That requires communication of intentional assassination by members of the security team. Sorry, but that’s where the facts would lead. And that seems consistent with the desperation of the left to prevent Trump from becoming president.