GOP Senator Probing Trump Assassination Attempt Floats Second Shooter Theory
Republican Senator Ron Johnson has released preliminary findings of his office’s investigation into the assassination attempt of Donald Trump, also floating the idea that there may have been more than one shooter.
Johnson appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the findings, and noted “Was it one rifle? Was it more than one? I’ve seen some pretty interesting video on the internet by experts that does certainly call into question what the FBI is telling us about a single shooter.”
Johnson did not say which video he was specifically referring to, but there has been speculation that a figure was filmed atop the water tower close to the rally site.
“So, are you questioning whether or not there was a second shooter?” host Maria Bartiromo asked, adding “Is that what you’re questioning, or if the shooter had a different gun?”
“I saw an extremely convincing video online, I know it’s all over the place,” Johnson replied, adding “There were three distinct shots early on, followed by another five in more staccato, more rapidly fired, and then the final one, which we believe took the shooter out.”
Aside from the speculation, Johnson noted that his findings include a revelation that the Secret Service did not attend a security briefing given to local SWAT and sniper teams on the morning of July 13.
Johnson, the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, also related that Law Enforcement wasn’t even on the same security radio channel as the Secret Service, and the Sniper and Swat teams weren’t on the same channels as patrol officers, or Secret Service either.
Johnson also spoke about a mystery ATF agent who reportedly demanded to be provided copies of photos that the sniper team took of the body of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Johnson stated that no one asked the individual for credentials, initially believing he was with the Secret Service, and investigators now cannot locate the ATF agent.
“We can’t trust the FBI and Secret Service to do an honest and open, transparent investigation. That’s just a very sad fact. We’ve got to rely on other sources,” Johnson urged.
As we highlighted this past weekend, law enforcement officials have leaked details of a briefing they received claiming that the would be assassin of Donald Trump was able to fly a drone over the site of the rally in the morning and get aerial footage.
Johnson’s office also provided a timeline of events in the report, which is reproduced below.
Attendees of the briefing said no Secret Service or other federal law enforcement were present for the briefing and that the Secret Service initially did not plan to provide sniper units before changing plans for unclear reasons. It is unknown why the Secret Service did not attend the briefing.
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