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Former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated a week ago, as he spoke at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday in what is seen as the largest Secret Service failure in four decades.
, the rooftop was identified as a potential vulnerability by the Secret Service in the days before the rally.
Local law enforcement first spotted Crooks near a magnetometer with a range finder around 3 p.m. — about three hours before Trump spoke — but then was lost track of., Crooks drew attention when he entered through magnetometers set up to screen attendees for having a range finder, which looks like a small pair of binoculars but are often used by hunters or the military to identify targets.
Secret Service reportedly spotted Crooks at 5:52 p.m. on the rooftop — about 20 minutes before Trump took the stage, but did not stop Trump from taking the stage.him on the rooftop at 5:52 p.m. Why was Trump still allowed to take the stage? A local police officer reportedly climbed up to the rooftop sometime after 6:02 p.m. and saw Crooks — who allegedly pointed his gun at him, prompting him to get back down, fall, and injure himself.
Trump took the stage at 6:02 p.m., but nothing was done to get him off the stage for 10 minutes, until Crooks was able to fire at him.
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