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New shocking video filmed by one of the victims of Donald Trump rally shooting shows how close Thomas Crooks was to Trump… and it’s amazing that the Secret Service didn’t notice.
The footage, obtained by Fox News and taken from the stands behind Trump, shows Crooks moving quickly across the roof of the American Glass Research Building, disappearing and reappearing… minutes before firing eight shots.
It’s the first video showing Crooks and Trump in the same frame… and this new point of view illustrates just how close the roof was to where Trump was on stage.
This video was reportedly taken at 6:08 p.m…. a full 3 minutes before Crooks opened fire with his AR-15 style rifle. You see Trump speaking at the podium, along with the large crowd and the building in the background, with Crooks shuffling along the top of the building.
How did the police not notice the bandits and take action to protect Trump?!?
James Copenhagen filmed the video and is one of two victims who were shot and seriously injured during Trump’s July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Thugs shot Trump in the ear, but fired the rest of the shots into the crowd… killing him Corey Comparator and hurting Copenhaver and David Dutch.
Other videos from protesters show Crooks walking around the base of the building during the protest … and the FBI says he flew a drone over the farm earlier in the day before police flagged him as a “suspicious person.”
Remember… the video shows Crooks climbing onto the roof at 6:06 p.m. and he was seen by police and bystanders two minutes later when this new video was recorded.
The FBI says an officer was hoisted to the roof at 6:11 p.m…. Crooks confronted him with a rifle and the officer dropped to the ground and radioed that Crooks was armed with a “long gun.”
07/13/24
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Incredibly, the Secret Service still allowed Trump to continue speaking… and Crooks managed to fire 8 shots.
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TMZ delves deeper into the security lapses that day in our new documentary, “TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Attempted Assassination of Trump.”