A local police officer retreated after the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump pointed his rifle at him, the Associated Press reported Sunday afternoon. An anonymous source told AP that the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, pointed a gun at the police officer who was climbing up a ladder to confront him. After the police officer climbed back down, Crooks quickly fired at Trump and was then killed by a Secret Service sniper. Bomb-making materials were also discovered in Crooks’ vehicle and home in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The AR-15-style rifle Crooks used was purchased by his father about six months ago, law enforcement officials told the AP.  Crooks, who was not carrying an ID, was identified through DNA, according to the FBI. “We do not currently have an identified motive,” said FBI Pittsburgh special agent Kevin Rojek in a briefing on Saturday night. The FBI and local law enforcement told reporters that questions about the security lapses should be directed to the Secret Service, which failed to show up to the briefing. “They conduct the initial site survey,” Rojek said. “They do the initial security assessments and determine where the different security locations should be. And they’re the ones who are in charge of securing the scene. We, along with other state and local assets are there to support the Secret Service and their mission.” Crooks’ father told CNN that he was trying to understand “what the hell is going on” and would wait to speak to law enforcement before commenting. A blockade was in place near Crooks’ home, preventing traffic and the media from entering the area as the warrant was executed. Though Crooks is a registered Republican, campaign finance reports show he donated $15 to a progressive PAC on the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021.

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Twenty-four hours before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s would-be in Butler, Pennsylvania, the 2024 presidential election was in full swing. Here’s some of what President Joe Biden was posting on X in the hours before Trump was shot. Biden seemingly likened Trump to a dictator in a post on his personal account less than 24 hours before the shots rang out at the former president’s campaign rally: Americans want a president, not a dictator.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 13, 2024 Biden continued his barrage against Project 2025, an initiative launched by The Heritage Foundation to provide the next conservative president with policy and personnel recommendations. (Trump posted a statement recently. saying, “I have not seen [Project 2025], have no idea who is in charge of it, and, unlike our very well received Republican Platform, had nothing to do with it.”) Biden’s reelection team even created a website touting some false claims about the project. Project 2025 is run and paid for by Trump people.It was a project built for Trump, and it’s the biggest attack on our freedoms in history.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 12, 2024 Biden also posted “We must stop him,” earlier in the day on Friday. This post included a list of policies Trump will purportedly implement on day one of his administration, if he is elected. (Project 2025 has fact checked many of the claims the left has made about policies being advocated by the project.) We must stop him. pic.twitter.com/AwV4wTRypo— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 12, 2024 Biden again called Trump a “dictator.” Trump has said that if he wins, he’ll be a dictator on day one.And folks, he means it. Just look at this right-wing Project 2025—the blueprint for the second Trump term.I will not let that happen.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 12, 2024 Biden also called Trump a “convicted felon,” who should have “no more free passes.” No more free passes for Donald Trump.We’re going to say who he is, and what he intends to do.He’s a convicted criminal.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 12, 2024 Biden did eventually make a statement about the shooting, from his private residence in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, saying, “The idea that there’s political violence, or violence in America like this, is just unheard of … Everybody must condemn it.” The post What Biden Posted on X Hours Before Trump Shooting appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, filed a bill to revoke Secret Service protection from convicted felons sentenced to prison as former President Donald Trump faced numerous felony prosecutions. Although Thompson condemned the assassination attempt Saturday evening on Trump, he didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether he still supports the bill to deny Secret Service protection to Trump if, in a pending court appearance, the former president is sentenced to prison for his felony convictions in Manhattan Criminal Court. On April 19, Thompson filed HR 8081, what he calls the “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated Toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act.” Thompson’s legislation would “automatically” terminate Secret Service protection for those who have been sentenced to prison following conviction for a federal or state felony. The bill’s text and Thompson’s public statement upon filing it suggest he had Trump specifically in mind. “Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee—even a former president,” Thompson said in a press release about the legislation. “It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality,” the Mississippi Democrat added. “Therefore, it is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment—and that those who are sentenced to prison will indeed serve the time required of them.” On May 30, a Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records with intent to conceal another crime. Judge Juan Merchan initially set a sentencing date for July 11, but delayed sentencing and then the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States further complicated the issue. HR 8081 has yet to make it out of the House Judiciary Committee. Even if it had, Thompson’s bill would not yet have stripped Trump of Secret Service protection since it has yet to pass both chambers of Congress and been signed by President Joe Biden. Even so, the bill has drawn more scrutiny after a gunman shot and wounded the former president and killed at least one rallygoer about 6:15 p.m. Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thompson responded to the shooting with an unequivocal condemnation. “There is no room in American democracy for political violence,” he said on X. “I am grateful for law enforcement’s fast response to this incident.” “I am glad the former president is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved,” Thompson added. There is no room in American democracy for political violence. I am grateful for law enforcement’s fast response to this incident. I am glad the former President is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) July 13, 2024 However, it seems one of Thompson’s employees didn’t share the congressman’s relief that Trump survived. “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking,” Jacqueline Marsaw, Thompson’s field director for Mississippi, posted on Facebook. Thompson publicly stated that Marsaw is no longer employed. “I was made aware of a post made by a staff member and she is no longer in my employment,” he said. NEW: Staffer for Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) no longer employed after social media post insinuating that Trump’s shooter shouldn’t have missed. @BennieGThompson statement: “I was made aware of a post made by a staff member and she is no longer in my employment.” pic.twitter.com/3JhmZYYjCb— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 14, 2024 Nine House Democrats co-sponsored HR 8081. They are Troy A. Carter Sr. of Lousiana, Barbara Lee of California, Frederica Wilson (Fla.), Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Joyce Beatty (Ohio), and Steve Cohen (Tenn.). None of their offices responded to The Daily Signal’s request for comment by publication time. The post House Dem Who Moved to Revoke Trump’s Secret Service Protection Silent on Bill After Assassination Attempt appeared first on The Daily Signal.