PA - Assassination attempt, shooting injures former POTUS Donald Trump, leaves 1 spectator deceased two in critical condition, 13 July 2024 #5

[Betty P]

I can’t recall if I posted this already.

“Do you also find it odd … that the body of Matthew Crooks had not only been released and cremated — but that the coroner who’s responsible for releasing the body had no knowledge of it?” Mills pressed.

“Yes, absolutely,” Shaffer said.

“It sounds like destruction of evidence,” replied Erik Prince, a former US Navy SEAL who founded the private military contractor Blackwater in the late 1990s”

Trump rally counter-sniper backs bombshell ‘evidence tampering’ claims by House GOPers

A SWAT counter-sniper who was working the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated last month agreed with Republican lawmakers Monday that an “odd” pattern of …

nypost.com

LoL Erik Prince. He should be careful, throwing rocks in glass houses.

 

[Elley Mae]

LoL Erik Prince. He should be careful, throwing rocks in glass houses.

Wow

 

[Ontario Mom]

LoL Erik Prince. He should be careful, throwing rocks in glass houses.

For those of us who have no idea who he is or why you made that comment, can you possibly elaborate just a little?

 

[Seattle1]

For those of us who have no idea who he is or why you made that comment, can you possibly elaborate just a little?

Blackwater history...

“It sounds like destruction of evidence,” replied Erik Prince, a former US Navy SEAL who founded the private military contractor Blackwater in the late 1990s”

ETA: add wiki link

Blackwater (company) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[sds71]

A note of color from in the press pen: our CBS security team today got to the man first to rip him off the riser near our live shot location. Not local police, USSS, or private security at the venue. Another security lapse at a Trump rally

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829698342961496183

 

[Skully]

I don't see in the linked article where they question that and I haven't read any speculation about that. I think they fell off his feet during the scuffle and then the agent threw one off the stage so no one tripped over it. JMO.

I heard him ask for his shoes when they got up and he was leaving, you can hear him if you listen. He later said that he was knocked out of his shoes when they jumped on him to protect him. He was very grateful for their selfless act.

 

[Betty P]

A note of color from in the press pen: our CBS security team today got to the man first to rip him off the riser near our live shot location. Not local police, USSS, or private security at the venue. Another security lapse at a Trump rally

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829698342961496183

News media pay close attention to anyone coming near the press risers. The tv/video cameras of the news media are on the risers, so anyone walking around on the risers can cause the cameras to move and the live video to bounce or jiggle.
From the article, it sounds like today the news/ tv stations hire their own guards to handle the job. Makes sense. It seems like crowds today are much more prone to violent and erratic behavior.

It sounds like the CBS guard was doing his job. No need to trash the SS. They did their job by coordinating the candidate's security at the event and providing close in security to the event, during and away from the event, on the drive to and from the airport and to and from the airport and plane.

 

[Sundog]

A note of color from in the press pen: our CBS security team today got to the man first to rip him off the riser near our live shot location. Not local police, USSS, or private security at the venue. Another security lapse at a Trump rally

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829698342961496183

We were watching the rally when we saw something pass in front of a camera, obviously, because it blocked out the view of the stage and podium when President Trump was speaking. So either the perpetrator blocked the view or media security team members or cameramen or LE walked in front of the cameras and blocked the view, perhaps during a scuffle with person who climbed up on the media riser.

Hopefully there will be better security planning for the media area and any other areas that might be of interest to a person who wants to cause trouble at a campaign rally event.

 

[newclues]

Updated timeline of events relating to the shooting:

Sen. Johnson Releases Updated Timeline of Law Enforcement Tracking Trump Shooter on July 13, 2024

www.ronjohnson.senate.gov

https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/index.cfm?a=files.serve&File_id=80216286-94A8-4614-A500-5ACFB53F7BF4

 

[Elley Mae]

House Republican Forum on the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump

Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), and Chip Roy (R-TX) hosted a forum on the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Dan Bongino, a former United States Secret Service special agent; Erik Prince, former United States Navy SEAL officer; and...

www.c-span.org

Heard this today on radio, what an eye opener on the secret service failures.

Jmo

 

[LadyL]

I heard him ask for his shoes when they got up and he was leaving, you can hear him if you listen. He later said that he was knocked out of his shoes when they jumped on him to protect him. He was very grateful for their selfless act.

yes I'm aware that he asked for his shoes and that they came off during that time but the agents did not 'rip them off' like was asserted in the post I quoted