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The Secret Service dropped the ball in spectacular trend at Donald Trump‘s marketing campaign rally the place he was almost killed by a would-be murderer … so says a former USSS particular agent.
TMZ Studios has a brand new particular, “TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Trump Assassination Attempt,” the place we discover the various, gorgeous safety failures that result in the try on Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
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Richard Staropoli, a former Secret Service Particular Agent, does not mince phrases … he says Trump’s safety element completely failed him and left him inexplicably uncovered to mortal hazard.
Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks slipping previous safety and taking perch on a rooftop with an AR-15 model rifle and a transparent view of Trump is the epitome of failure by the Secret Service … at the least so far as Richard is worried.
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One other former USSS Particular Agent, Cheryl Tyler, has a distinct view. She’s deliberate safety for related presidential occasions and says the safety plan right here was “textbook.”
Nonetheless, Richard and Cheryl agree … the constructing the place Crooks squeezed off pictures from ought to have been higher secured and somebody from regulation enforcement ought to have been on the roof.
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Luckily, the shooter missed Trump’s head and solely shot his ear.
In fact, among the different bullets hit people within the stands … killing firefighter Corey Comperatore and wounding 2 others.
With that in thoughts, former Secret Service Particular Agent Michael De Geus says this was completely NOT a failure … if for no different cause than the actual fact Trump remains to be alive.
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Watch “TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Trump Assassination Attempt” … now streaming on Tubi.