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At least five US Secret Service agents have been placed on administrative leave following the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania, US media reports.

They include the head of the the Pittsburgh field office that coordinated security with local police, three other agents in the same office and a member of Trump's personal detail, according to the BBC's US news partner CBS.

Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, was injured in the right ear by a bullet fired from a roof by Thomas Crooks, 20, at a rally in Butler on 13 July.

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At least five US Secret Service agents have been placed on administrative leave following the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania, US media reports.

They include the head of the the Pittsburgh field office that coordinated security with local police, three other agents in the same office and a member of Trump's personal detail, according to the BBC's US news partner CBS.

Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, was injured in the right ear by a bullet fired from a roof by Thomas Crooks, 20, at a rally in Butler on 13 July.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn6p67p0jo

Thursday, Fox News ran a story confirming a key fact we’ve heard before, headlined “Local officer's bullet stopped Trump shooter's gunfire before Secret Service shot, witness testifies.”

According to officers’ testimony in the Senate, a Butler County Emergency Services officer fired at Thomas Crooks less than six seconds after Crooks began shooting. The officer’s bullet made Crooks recoil and stop shooting—ending the threat. Only then did the Secret Service sniper fire at Crooks —about 15 seconds later.

Count out fifteen seconds to yourself to see how long it is.

There appears to be some dispute about whether Butler’s officer shot Crooks or not. The FBI says they missed. Butler thinks they wounded and disabled Crooks. We’ll never know, since the FBI quietly and inexplicably released Crooks’ body for cremation in the days following the incident. Maybe when they tested Crooks’ body, it came up positive for covid and they panicked.

On Thursday, the coroner testified saying the Secret Service bullet was the kill shot.

The fact Butler cops shot first is important, because it raises an ugly question. Why did the Secret Service wait to shoot Crook until after he’d already been shot at by the locals? Regardless whether or not the Butler people wounded Crooks, assassination time was over.

When Crooks was no longer a danger to anyone, was it then his time to exit the world’s stage? I wouldn’t even entertain a conspiratorial question like that if it weren’t for the equally unbelievable alternative explanation that the Secret Service catastrophically failed in about a dozen different ways.

After all, local cops were presumably less well-trained than the Secret Service snipers, and the cops occupied a less favorable position to take the shot since they were shooting at Crooks from the ground and not a sniper’s perch.

Why were local police more effective than trained Secret Service snipers?

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The silence surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump 90 days ago is deafening

Here we are, months later, and it's as if this seismic event never happened in the eyes of mainstream media. But let's not forget - this wasn't just any event, it was an assassination attempt caught live on television, a brutal moment where an innocent man was murdered

Imagine, for a moment, if this had ended differently. Trump miraculously escaped what could have been a fatal encounter. Yet, rather than a national reckoning on political violence, we're met with a media landscape that's seemingly moved on, as if the attempt on a former president's life was just another day's news.

This memory-holing isn't just about overlooking an event; it's about ignoring the implications:

- *Security Failures*: How did someone get so close with lethal intent? This should've sparked a nationwide review of protection for political figures, yet here we stand, without answers or improvements.

- *Political Discourse*: When a former president can be targeted openly, it's a stark reminder of how toxic our political rhetoric has become. Yet, instead of addressing this, we're fed trivialities, as if the attempt didn't scream for a deeper conversation on where our discourse is leading us.

- *Public Memory*: By not keeping this event in the public eye, are we not setting a dangerous precedent? If we can forget or ignore an assassination attempt, what else are we willing to overlook?

The miracle here isn't just that Trump survived; it's that this hasn't become a catalyst for change. The media, tasked with informing the public, has instead chosen to look away, perhaps out of discomfort with the narrative, or maybe due to fatigue from constant political drama.

But this isn't about Trump's political stance; it's about the sanctity of political life in our society. Ignoring this doesn't make it go away; it normalizes the unthinkable.

Wake up, America. This wasn't just an attempt on Trump; it was an attack on our collective security, on the idea that political figures, regardless of their views, should be safe to engage in public life. Let's not let this be just another forgotten headline. We owe it to ourselves to confront this head-on