July 18, 2024 – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) revealed that whistleblowers have disclosed to the Committee that the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) did not have proper resources for President Trump’s campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania because of staffing shortages due to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit and First Lady Jill Biden’s event in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
The information provided to this Committee raises serious questions about the thoroughness of the security planning by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in support of President Trump’s campaign rally. Law enforcement overlooked a number of vulnerabilities prior to and during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, allowing an assassin to shoot a President, murder an attendee, and critically wound two others.
Chairman Jordan sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting he be fully prepared to address all questions about the attempted assassination of President Trump and the FBI’s investigation of it during his upcoming testimony to the Committee on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Questions for Director Wray from the Committee include:
How many agents, analysts, and support personnel has the FBI dedicated to the investigation?
Was there coordination between the FBI, USSS, and the WPFC prior to President Trump’s event on July 13?
How many buildings had to be secured inside and outside of the security perimeter for President Trump’s event on July 13?
Why was the roof of the AGR International building left unsecured?
How much time elapsed between identifying the shooter as a potential threat and the attempted assassination?
How much time elapsed between the local police officer encountering the shooter on the sloped roof and the attempted assassination?
Has the FBI interviewed the local police officer who encountered the shooter?
What does the FBI’s evaluation of the shooter’s phone and digital activity show about his actions and movements in the days and hours leading up to the attempted assassination?
Is the FBI’s investigation limited to the shooter and his motivations or does it include the security failures that led to the attempted assassination?
Was the security posture at President Trump’s event limited due to resource constraints with the NATO Summit and/or First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s event in Pittsburgh?
How did communications breakdowns between various law enforcement entities affect the ability of local law enforcement and USSS to identify the shooter as a potential threat and mitigate the threat before he took action?
What actions did the USSS take to remove or cover President Trump after a threat was known or detected?
Read the full letter to Director Wray here. (Judiciary Committee, 7/18/2024)
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.
Tune in. https://t.co/26Gk7gxyVA
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
📺 WATCH @Jim_Jordan’s opening statement from today’s hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray. https://t.co/aVHX6WZMTq
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
Jerry Nadler just blamed Trump for the assassination attempt on his life by repeating the “bloodbath” lie, not once, but twice in his opening statement.
The “bloodbath” lie – statement which pre-dated the assassination attempt in any event.
It’s Trump’s fault someone tried to… pic.twitter.com/BhIn3etTFp
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) July 24, 2024
When will we know? https://t.co/qllhIEnGEG
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
#BREAKING FBI Director Wray confirms the Bureau has recovered a drone that the shooter used prior to the Trump assassination attempt.
Believes shooter was flying drone around the area around 3:50 p.m.
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
WATCH: @RepDanBishop presses FBI Director Wray on the lack of answers and transparency 11 days after the attempted assassination of President Trump. pic.twitter.com/gn1G2VBCAV
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
BISHOP: “Why wasn’t Trump kept off the stage?”
WRAY: “We don’t know the answer to that.” pic.twitter.com/yNfPX14Tca
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 24, 2024
.@RepDanBishop: “Did Crooks fire eight shots?”
FBI Director Wray: “We have recovered eight cartridges on the roof.”
Bishop: “Why was Crooks allowed to get off eight shots?”
Wray: “Well, that I think is something we’re still digging into.” pic.twitter.com/yPcBwy5UT1
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 24, 2024
FBI Needs to Back Up Lone Gunman Theory with Make & Model of Weapon & Ballistics Findings
#BREAKING: FBI Director Wray reveals that on July 6th, the Trump assassination attempt shooter did a Google search for “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?”
That is the same day that he registered for the Trump rally.
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 24, 2024
🚨Rep. Roy questions FBI Director Wray on lowering standards for DEI agents pic.twitter.com/2UY9cKaZO1
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) July 24, 2024
BREAKING: Jenna Howell, the FBI staffer who posted vile messages on Facebook expressing regret that President Trump wasn’t killed in an assassination attempt, has been referred to FBI internal affairs for disciplinary review, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified today
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) July 24, 2024
July 25, 2024
The before and afters about Harris being the border czar in this video are amazing.
You expect the press to be biased, but holy cow…this is psychopathic pic.twitter.com/w5TqIN33FF
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 25, 2024