JUST IN: Thomas Crooks took out a rangefinder which was noticed by a sn*per before the rally before he "disappeared" and returned with a backpack.
Let me say that again: Sn*pers saw Crooks pull out a **rangefinder** to calculate the distance to the target and still didn't stop him.
According to CBS News, sn*pers observed Crooks checking out the structure, taking out a rangefinder, and later returning with a backpack.
Local law enforcement says Crooks kept "disappearing" before he climbed on the roof.
"One of the sn*pers inside saw Thomas Matthew Crooks outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building..." CBS reported.
"Crooks came back, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the sn*pers took a picture of him. Crooks took out a rangefinder and the sn*per radioed to the command post."
"Crooks disappeared again and then came back a third time with a backpack. The sn*pers called in with information that he had a backpack and said he was walking towards the back of the building."
Officers now think Crooks used an air conditioning unit to get on the roof.
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JUST IN: Donald Trump Jr. calls reporter a "clown" to his face and tells him to "get out of here" at the RNC after the reporter started talking about children in "cages."
Clown is an understatement.
Reporter: "Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children deliberately from their parents?"
Trump Jr.: "You mean the Obama administration?"
Reporter: "You know, they didn't do that, sir. Will there be a second family separation policy?"
Trump Jr.: "It's M-S-D-N-C. So I expect nothing less from you. Clowns."
"You couldn't wait. You couldn't wait with your lies and with your nonsense. So just get outta here."
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Joy Reid fears that, after the assassination attempt on Trump, "the media will acquiesce" to Republicans and not label Trump "the greatest purveyor and promoter of political violence...since George Wallace."
She doesn't want Trump to "rewrite himself as a victim."
WOAH Listen To This: Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle “She has close ties to the Cheneys, the Bidens and is responsible for the J6 deleted texts scandal”
She “evacuated vice president Dick Cheney on 9/11”
You can not tell me this wasn’t an inside job 🚨
“She would know. The 28 year veteran was on the team that evacuated vice president Dick Cheney on 911, and she served on then then vice president Biden's protective detail. He named her director in mid 2022.
New election. Amid a swirl of controversy agency deleting nearly all of its text messages from January 6th.
The agency says that was due to a data migration. System migrations happen. But I think for a lot of Americans, it just doesn't pass the smell test given the timing and the volume of messages deleted.
Well, it's unfortunate that that would be the assumption that people would make. Our integrity is everything, and there was nothing nefarious attached to that.“
JUST IN: USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle is refusing to step down after a U.S. president was nearly assas*inated under her watch.
Utter insanity.
Cheatle said the "buck stops with me" but then blamed local authorities for not securing the building where Crooks shot from.
"In this particular instance, we did share support for that particular site and that the USSS was responsible for the inner perimeter," Cheatle said.
"And then we sought assistance from our local counterparts for the outer perimeter."
"There was local police in that building, there was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building."
Shame and accountability no longer exist.