Leaked Messages from Trump Countersnipers Moments Before Assassination Attempt Released
July 29, 2024
Chilling leaked messages from Trump counter snipers have surfaced, detailing the moments leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
On Saturday, July 13th, there was a “colossal failure” of security, according to the former Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle.
The ‘colossal failure’ resulted in an alleged sniper, Thomas M. Crooks, taking shots at President Trump from the rooftop of the AGR Building in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The Gateway Pundit has published exclusive stories indicating the assembled group yelling, which included patriot Greg Smith, could see the sniper team on the second floor. Smith could also see that the second-floor sniper team was watching Crooks for a half hour prior to the shooting, doing nothing.
Recall that Rep. Ron Johnson (R-WI) released his 13-page preliminary findings on the investigation into the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Below is the preliminary timeline on the day of the assassination attempt, based on information uncovered by Senator Johnson’s office:
9:00am
Butler ESU holds a briefing for local SWAT and Sniper units from Butler County, Beaver County, and Washington County.
A 46-page slide deck is provided, outlining:
Areas of responsibility for each local unit.
Staging locations, including sniper positions for local units and the Secret Service.
Attendees note the absence of Secret Service or other federal law enforcement at the briefing.
Initially, Secret Service had no plans for sniper units but later changed their decision.
9:27am
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the alleged shooter, enters a Home Depot in Bethel Park, PA.
CCTV footage shows him entering alone.
9:41am
Crooks purchases a 5.5 FT Aluminum Dual Platform ladder.
9:42am
Crooks exits Home Depot.
CCTV footage captures him leaving the parking lot, though the vehicle make/model is unidentifiable.
10:30am
Two local law enforcement snipers position themselves on the second floor inside the American Glass Research (AGR) building.
5:10pm
Crooks is first observed by AGR sniper 1 at the AGR building.
5:14pm
AGR sniper 1 takes photos of Crooks.
Source: Preliminary findings/Ron Johnson
5:28pm
AGR sniper 1 takes a photo of a bicycle and two bags near the AGR building.
The whereabouts of the bicycle and bags post-event remain unclear.
Source: Preliminary findings/Ron Johnson
5:32pm
AGR sniper 1 spots Crooks using his phone and a rangefinder.
5:38pm
AGR sniper 1 messages the “Sniper Group” about Crooks.
5:40pm
AGR sniper 1 is instructed to call command regarding Crooks.
5:41pm
AGR sniper 1 provides a description of Crooks and the rangefinder to command.
5:49pm
Photos of Crooks are sent to Butler ESU Command.
5:55pm
Butler ESU Command confirms receipt and relays the photos.
5:59pm
Butler ESU Command inquires about Crooks’ direction of travel.
Initially, AGR sniper 1 is unsure.
6:05pm
AGR sniper 1 later reports Crooks moving northeast towards Sheetz with a backpack.
6:06-6:12pm
AGR sniper 1 moves to the ground floor to meet local law enforcement to alert them about Crooks.
Approx. 6:11pm
Crooks begins shooting.
Secret Service reportedly returns fire, killing Crooks.
6:23pm
Beaver County SWAT confirms Crooks’ death on the roof.
Local law enforcement and a Secret Service agent are present.
6:46pm
Crooks is patted down, revealing a transmitter device, phone, and rangefinder.
7:45pm-7:46pm
At Allegheny Bomb Squad’s request, local law enforcement texts pictures of Crooks and nearby items to an ATF agent’s phone for facial recognition analysis.
Now, chilling texts, which were obtained by the New York Times from local law enforcement, detail the frantic communications of countersnipers who were tasked with protecting Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
One of the countersnipers sent a message to his colleagues indicating that his shift was ending. At approximately 4:26 PM, he observed a suspicious individual—later identified as the assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks—sitting on a picnic table just 50 yards from the exit.
“Guys I am out. Be safe,” the sniper wrote. “Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know. I’m just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there.”
He added that Crooks was “sitting to the direct right on a picnic table about 50 yards from the exit” in a message sent at 4:27 PM, a little over 90 minutes before the gunman fired. The two other countersnipers responded with a thumbs-up emoji and a “Roger that.”
Credit: New York Times via Senator Charles E. Grassley
Another screenshot, timed at around 5:38 PM, shows Crooks beneath the countersnipers, who had positioned themselves in a nearby warehouse. One of the remaining snipers photographed Crooks multiple times and texted the pictures to the group chat.
“Kid learning around building we are in,” one wrote. “I did see him with a range finder looking towards stage. FYI. If you wanna notify SS snipers to look out. I lost sight of him.”
Credit: New York Times
Witnesses later reported seeing Crooks crawling onto the roof of the American Glass Research building. At 5:40 PM, one of the countersnipers suggested calling in the report of Crooks. Within the next half hour, the gunman would be dead, and Trump would be photographed with blood coming from the area around his ear.
Taken together, the text messages provide the most detailed picture yet of the hours before the assassination attempt. They reveal that the gunman, later identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., aroused police suspicion more than 90 minutes before the shooting, rather than about 60 minutes, as has been previously discussed in congressional hearings.
The messages also add to the evidence that the would-be assassin was often one step ahead of security forces, and in particular the Secret Service.
Mr. Crooks scoped out the rally site a day before the Secret Service did. He used a drone to survey the site while the Secret Service did not seek permission to use one for the rally. He researched how far Lee Harvey Oswald was from John F. Kennedy when he fatally shot the president in 1963 — the answer is about 265 feet — and managed to climb onto a roof that was about 400 feet from Mr. Trump at its closest point. The Secret Service left that roof unmanned.
And while countersnipers were assigned to surveil the rally, Mr. Crooks was also in a position to watch them.
Even after the episode ended, the police seemed confused about what Mr. Crooks had done and how.
Venezuelan Communist Tyrant Maduro Learns Tricks from US Democrats – Blocked Election Observers from Access to Ballot Counting Rooms
July 29, 2024
In November 2020 Democrats in Pennsylvania blocked Republican election observers, including Corey Lewandowski and former Florida AG Pam Bondi, from observing the ballot counting room in Philadelphia after the November 3rd election.
Republican observers were barred from entering the Philadelphia vote counting center even after receiving the appellate court order.
BREAKING: Republican observers barred from entering Philly vote counting center even after receiving court order pic.twitter.com/9b6WIr7h4M
The Philadelphia Sheriff did not enforce the appellate court order, according to Corey Lewandowski, who was on the ground in Philly. Pam Bondi said the counting machines were moved far away from observers, defying the court order allowing GOP observers to be no more than 6 feet away from officials counting ballots.
This is what you would expect in a banana republic.
President Trump was ahead on election night by nearly 800,000 votes over Joe Biden in Pennsylvania. Four days later the vote went to Joe Biden. Trump was ahead in the state by nearly 800,000 votes on Election night! It only took four days of secret counting to flip the state to Joe Biden!
On November 3, 2020, in Michigan, President Trump was ahead of Joe Biden by over 100,000 votes. This appeared to be another solid win for President Trump in the battleground state with a greater margin than his 2016 victory. Democrats then locked doors on Republican election workers the next day and put cardboard over the windows to prevent the GOP observers from seeing in. The state continued to count until Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the state.
Similar events took place in several other states. It was a miraculous win for Joe Biden.
Communist tyrant Nicolas Maduro blocks election workers from the counting rooms in Venezuela, July 2024.
This tactic worked so well for US Democrats that Communist tyrant Nicolás Maduro this past weekend ordered his police force to prevent election observers from monitoring the ballot counting process at voting centers nationwide.
BREAKING: Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, has ordered his police force to prevent election observers from monitoring the ballot counting process at voting centers nationwide.
Gateway Hispanic is covering this story for our Spanish-speaking audience.
Is Maduro afraid of losing the elections in today? It certainly seems so since he prevented the arrival of international electoral observers and deported international delegations from Venezuela. @gatewaypunditpic.twitter.com/69dtZ7ZTlK
It will be interesting to see if the Biden regime condemns this cheating in Venezuela or if they celebrate tyrant Maduro’s expected surprise win the communist hellhole.
Seymour Hersh: Barack Obama Forced Joe Biden to End Reelection Bid by Threatening 25th Amendment “After Breakfast on Sunday”
July 29, 2024
Selected, not elected: Kamala Harris declares her candidacy for President of the United States July 27
Leading investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed inside details of how the Obama-run Deep State forced the acting “President of the United States” Joseph R. Biden to step down on Sunday, July 21 after threatening to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows the VP and cabinet Majority to oust a President who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
Joe Biden spoke at to the NAACP in Las Vegas July 16, saying that “Kamala Harris is not only a great VP, she could be President” in a speech that was so gaffe-filled the White House had to issue nine corrections to the offical transcript, as Cassandra MacDonald reported on TGP.
The day after the train-wreck NAACP speech, Mr. Biden was scheduled to speak at the Unidos US Convention July 17, but was instead whisked away to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with an alleged COVID diagnosis. “Air Force One was flying so fast that I was shaking in my seat,” Emily Goodin reported in the Daily Mail, who was onboard Air Force One.
“Tray tables shook. Reporters held up their water glasses so they wouldn’t spill. Most concerning, though, was that we had no idea what was going on. or security reasons, there is no Wi-Fi on Air Force One, so we were cut off from the outside world”, Goodin wrote. Reporters asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for an update on Biden’s condition twice, but were denied.
It was not clear who made this decision to start the coup and remove Mr. Biden from public view. Citing intel sources, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh compared the events of July 17 to 21 to the movie “Seven Days in May” about a coup in the USA.
According to Hersh, the pressure to remove Biden came from big-bucks Democrat donors, who the New York Times reported July 12 were withholding around $90 million in pledged donations. Several wealthy donors publicly called on Biden to step aside, Forbes reported, “including billionaire Mark Pincus, Christy Walton, Michael Novogratz and Reed Hastings, while Mark Cuban has said Democrats should weigh replacements.”
It’s time for us all to unite around Kamala Harris and beat Donald Trump. She is the best and most qualified candidate we have. Long live the American Dream! #Harris2024pic.twitter.com/KG09YnWHZK
“After Biden’s return to Delaware, the White House told the public that Biden had contracted a COVID infection and would be in isolation. He was said to have upper respiratory symptoms, a runny nose, a cough, and was fatigued”, Hersh writes.
“By Saturday, July 20, former President Barack Obama was deeply involved, and there was talk that he would place a call to Biden”, according to Hersh’s intel source. “It was not clear whether Biden had been examined or just what happened to him in Las Vegas. “The Big Three,” the official said, referring to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, continued to be directly involved.“
“On Sunday morning,” the official told Hersh, with the approval of Pelosi and Schumer, “Obama called Biden after breakfast and said, ‘Here’s the deal. We have Kamala’s approval to invoke the 25th Amendment.”
“It was clear at this point,” Hersh’s source official said, “that (Harris) would get the nod”—that is, the support to run for the presidency in the November election. “But Obama also made it clear,” the official said, “that he was not going to immediately endorse her. But the group had decided that her work as a prosecutor would help her deal with Trump in a debate.”
On Friday, the New York Post reported that Biden’s quick endorsement of Kamala Harris was “revenge on Barack Obama” for pressuring him to step down, according to a source in the White House.
“It was Joe’s big f–k you,” the source said. “Joe said, ‘If I’m out, then I am endorsing her.’”
Biden’s endorsement of Harris was “Joe truly knifing Obama and Pelosi in the back for making him stand down,” a Democratic Party source told the New York Post.
Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama did not endorse Harris until Friday, July 26, which was reenacted for social media in a cheesy staged phone call.
This will go down as the most cringe endorsement video EVER. I’m tired of all this Kamala phoniness
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody) (@MTGrepp) July 26, 2024
Seymour Hersh’s report seemed to indicate a pivotal role played by the Deep State “blob” in the coup, as Biden’s pick of Harris ran into obstruction from the intel community, due to Harris’ “disdain for the work of the US Intelligence Community.”
Harris is known “not to be especially interested in the President’s Daily Brief, a highly classified summary of current intelligence that is prepared overnight by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and delivered by hand to the most vital offices in Washington, including the vice president’s”, Hersh wrote. “I was told that Harris often showed little interest in reading the document and at some point asked the agency to stop delivering it to her. Now, as a presidential candidate, she is being kept up to date on all significant intelligence matters.”
The decision to oust Biden was made by the shadow behind-the-scenes puppet masters that seem to be running the country due the “ a series of increasingly negative polls on (Mr. Biden’s) standing against Trump”. If Harris did not pull in better polling numbers, “it was agreed that if the polls did not continue to show her gaining traction, other options would be considered, including an open convention.” Hersh was “unable to learn if Harris was aware of such considerations”, he wrote.
Hersh’s source told him that Barack Obama “emerged as the strongman” in the ouster of the man many still consider to be the United States President. Obama “had an agenda and he wanted to seek it through to the end, and he wanted to have control over who would be elected.”
After Harris seemed able to rally the increasingly desperate legacy media around her, Michael and Barack Obama “announced their endorsement of Harris and told her, over the phone in a staged TV event, that they would do all they could to campaign for her and to support her”, Hersh wrote.
Hersh indicates Harris may be brought down at any moment if she fails to “perform” against President Donald Trump.
Southwest Airlines Announces the End of Its Signature Seating Policy
July 29, 2024
Frequent flyers critical of Southwest Airlines’s seating policies may be in for a bit of a pleasant surprise this week.
Many who opt to fly with Southwest do so despite the company’s open seating policy but, according to the airline, open seating may soon be a thing of the past.
On Thursday, Southwest Airlines announced it would be introducing assigned seating according to CBS News.
The reason for the change?
Apparently, the airline claims 80 percent of customers and 86 percent of potential customers prefer assigned seating to the airline’s previous open seating policy.
Those willing to spend more on their seating will also be given luxury options.
The airline’s new “premium” seating gives flyers the chance to snag a seat with additional leg room.
Aviation expert Henry Harteveldt told CBS News that the moves would improve the customer experience.
According to Harteveldt, the move will make flights “more orderly and comfortable” and will “improve the airline’s bottom line as well.”
Southwest will also start selling tickets for late-night “redeye” flights.
Southwest Airlines customers responded to the move on social media platform X shortly after the Thursday announcement.
i fly southwest because of the open seating policy — this is so dumb!!! we like to get on and off FAST… please don’t optimize for revenue, optimize for speed! pic.twitter.com/Xc88orEms5
“i fly southwest because of the open seating policy — this is so dumb!!! we like to get on and off FAST… please don’t optimize for revenue, optimize for speed!” one wrote.
This is the best Southwest Airlines change in history.
I might actually fly with them now if price still makes sense comparatively.
Why continue to let people getting priority seating cause one of the six people in their party has a broken leg when people would gladly pay for…
“This is the best Southwest Airlines change in history. I might actually fly with them now if price still makes sense comparatively. Why continue to let people getting priority seating cause one of the six people in their party has a broken leg when people would gladly pay for those bulkhead or exit row seats,” another wrote.
last place I want open seating is on a plane. when you want order and efficiency in a process it’s better to treat it like a kindergarten class and show ppl their spot on the carpet
“last place I want open seating is on a plane. when you want order and efficiency in a process it’s better to treat it like a kindergarten class and show ppl their spot on the carpet,” another posted.
DEVELOPING: Argentinian Leader Javier Milei Claims Communist Tyrant Nicolas Maduro HAS LOST HIS ELECTION in Venezuela — Then Maduro Regime Claims Victory Despite Contradictory Exit Polls
July 29, 2024
Argentinian President Javier Milei announced late Sunday night that Communist dictator Nicolas Maduro has lost the national election in Venezuela!
Venezuelans chose to end the communist dictatorship.
Milei posted this on Sunday night.
“Translation: DICTATOR MADURO, OUT!!! Venezuelans chose to end the communist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. The data announces a crushing victory for the opposition and the world is waiting for it to recognize defeat after years of socialism, misery, decadence and death “Argentina is not going to recognize another fraud, and hopes that the Armed Forces this time will defend democracy and the popular Freedom Advances in Latin America.”
DICTATOR MADURO, OUT!!!
Venezuelans have chosen to end the communist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. The data announce a crushing victory for the opposition and the world is waiting for him to recognize defeat after years of socialism, misery, decadence and death.
66.6% for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez and 30.86% for Nicolas Maduro.
A Chavista worker allegedly posted a selfie from the Computing Center, inadvertently revealing on multiple screens the overwhelming defeat of Nicolás Maduro in several states.
SELFIE BY CHAVISTA WORKER ALLEGEDLY REVEALS MADURO’S DEFEAT
A Chavista worker allegedly published a selfie from the Computing Center, inadvertently revealing on multiple screens the resounding defeat of Nicolás Maduro in various states.
— Ꮃꭺꮮꮮ Ꮪꭲꭱꭼꭼꭲ Ꮪꮋꭼꭼꭲ (@wallstreetsheet) July 29, 2024
BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition voters go absolutely nuts in celebration after officials announce that Edmundo González defeated socialist president Nicolás Maduro in Petare, a big neighborhood in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas pic.twitter.com/bPct48yAJE
The socialist government of Venezuela has issued a statement suggesting that President Nicolás Maduro is preparing to invalidate the recent election results, amid growing claims of foreign interference in the electoral process.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces and alerts the world about an intervention operation against the electoral process, our right to self-determination and the sovereignty of our country, by a group of foreign governments and powers.
This group, a version of the infamous, defunct and defeated Lima Group, which includes government officials from Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic, along with a group of right-wing politicians who specializes in destabilizing governments in Latin America, such as Iván Duque, Mauricio Macri, Andrés Pastrana, Oscar Arias, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, seek to distort what has been expressed today in peace and with a civic spirit in our country, which is nothing other than the exercise of the people’s right to choose.
The right to vote is exercised in Venezuela with absolute freedom and legality under the aegis of our laws and the control of one of the five Public Powers of the State, the National Electoral Council. And it is done through a transparent, secure and inviolable system, recognized as one of the best in the world, which fully guarantees the principle of one voter, one vote.
The same people who recognized a puppet in 2019 intend to impose it today in 2024.
This miserable and desperate operation is destined to fail because Venezuela is a free and sovereign country and will never accept impositions or blackmail, much less from foreign entities without morals and legality to attack our rights and our people.”
#Statement Venezuela denounces and alerts the world about an intervention operation against the electoral process, our right to self-determination and the sovereignty of our country, by a group of foreign governments and powers. pic.twitter.com/Q0hD84h3UY
However, Maduro was declared the winner despite reports of irregularities, according to AP.
Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council, said Maduro secured 51% of the vote, overcoming opposition candidate Edmundo González, who garnered 44%. He said the results were based on 80% of voting stations, marking an irreversible trend
But the electoral authority, which is controlled by Maduro loyalists, has yet to release the official voting tallies from each of the more than 15,000 polling centers, hampering the opposition’s ability to verify the results.
The delay in announcing results — six hours after polls were supposed to close — indicated a deep debate inside the government about how to proceed after Maduro’s opponents came out early in the evening all but claiming victory.
Opposition representatives said tallies they collected from campaign representatives at 30% of voting centers showed Gonzalez trouncing Maduro.
BREAKING: This is the moment the National Electoral Council of Venezuela announced socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro as the winner of tonight’s historic election FRAUD
Nicolás Maduro51.20% with 5,150,960 votes
Edmundo González44.2% with 4,445,978 votes
– According to their… pic.twitter.com/ZLfoJXowws
Elon Musk responded to reports that armed communist Maduro gangs, known as “Colectivos,” are now storming polling stations in Punta Cardón, Falcón state, Venezuela to steal the boxes containing the votes.
Rep. Marco Rubio wrote on X, “After announcing complete fraud in the elections, expect the Maduro regime to now turn off the Internet inside Venezuela to make it difficult for those inside to communicate with each other and the world. After announcing a complete fraud in the election expect the Maduro regime will now begin to blackout the internet inside of Venezuela to make it difficult for those inside to communicate with each other and to the world.”
Después de anunciar un fraude completo en las elecciones, espere que el régimen de Maduro ahora apague Internet dentro de #Venezuela para dificultar que los que están dentro se comuniquen entre sí y con el mundo
After announcing a complete fraud in the election expect the Maduro…
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Official data is out and President Maduro loses by a landslide.