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Former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — where he survived an assassination attempt — was the first time the Secret Service sent a counter-sniper to a Trump event to protect the 45th president, the agency admitted.
“And looking back, it was very fortunate that we did,” the Secret Service acting director added. “But the former president will have counter-sniper coverage moving forward.”after he opened fire on Trump, shooting the 45th president in the ear and killing former Pennsylvania fire chief Corey Comperatore, as well as wounding other rallygoers.
In the past, President Trump’s security detail had been covered by state and local counter-sniper teams,” according to aDuring Trump’s July 13 rally, a member of a local counter-sniper team “texted the Secret Service counter-sniper team leader about a suspicious person,” and sent him two photos of Crooks, Rowe said during Friday’s press briefing.
“We should have had better protection for the protectee,” Rowe admitted. “We should have had better coverage on that roof line. We should have had at least some other set of eyes from the Secret Service point of view, covering that.”
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