The Secret Service allegedly told local law enforcement that it would cover the rooftop where a gunman fired at former President Donald Trump during his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a new whistleblower account.
One of the local law enforcement officers involved in securing the Butler rally came forward as a whistleblower to a House GOP group investigating the assassination attempt.
“The Secret Service said they were covering that roof,” Rep. Cory Mills, Florida Republican, told The Washington Times.
Mr. Mills, who is leading the independent investigation along with a handful of other GOP colleagues, said his group plans to hold a public forum “soon” with the law enforcement whistleblower, who works in a local Emergency Service Unit that provided security that day.
“The new whistleblower we have is actually on one of the ESU teams, and he’ll be able to paint a different picture of why it wasn’t the ESU, but it was actually the Secret Service who determined the perimeter bubble,” Mr. Mills said.
He declined to say whether the whistleblower works for Butler County ESU, which provided countersniper coverage at the AGR International Inc. complex adjacent to the Butler Farm Show rally site.
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The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, used HVAC equipment and a pipe to climb onto the rooftop of the AGR building closest to site and fired at Mr. Trump, hitting him in the ear....
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