Rand Paul Says We 'aren't Going To Know' The Motive Of Trump's Would-be Assassin

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that we "aren’t going to know" nan motive of President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks, aft he released a scathing study slamming nan Secret Service for aggregate information failures astatine nan fateful July 2024 Butler rally that astir took Trump’s life.

"I deliberation we aren’t going to cognize nan motive, and I return that astatine look value. I cognize a batch of times erstwhile we don’t get something, and we fishy something. We deliberation government’s lying to us, and look, I person my doubts astir authorities connected galore levels, but I deliberation astatine this level they’ve tried their champion and I don’t deliberation there’s a concealed answer," Paul told CBS "Face nan Nation" Host Margaret Brennan Sunday.

The Kentucky legislator had authored nan Senate Committee connected Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs report, which detailed aggregate information failures starring up to nan Butler assassination attempt. Shockingly, nan study recovered that nan Secret Service "denied aliases near unfulfilled astatine slightest 10 requests" for further information for Trump, including antagonistic snipers.

Sen. Rand Paul blasted nan Secret Service for a "cascade of errors" that led up to Trump's Butler, Penn. assassination attempt.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The study accuses erstwhile Secret Service caput Kimberly Cheatle of falsely testifying to Congress successful July 2024 that "no USSS plus requests were denied for nan Butler rally." Cheatle resigned that day, pursuing wide bipartisan disapproval of her testimony. Sen. Paul accused Cheatle of dishonesty, saying, she "did not show nan truth."

Paul blasted nan Secret Service for a "cascade of errors" starring up to nan Butler assassination attempt which saw Trump narrowly debar being killed by lone gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, pinch a slug conscionable grazing his ear. Former occurrence main Corey Comperatore, 50, died while shielding his family and 2 others gravely injured. Paul suggested that had nan Secret Service been much competent successful performing its duties, Comperatore mightiness still beryllium alive.

"Corey Comperatore could person perchance been saved by having amended information that day. This boy [Crooks] was seen 4 hours earlier nan shooting. He was seen again 45 minutes before, 3 minutes earlier nan shooting nan crowd is chanting ‘man connected a roof, man connected a roof’ 45 seconds to spell arsenic he’s assembling his gun. Forty-five seconds is simply a agelong time, cipher told them to return nan president disconnected nan stage. Inexcusable, unspeakable security," Paul said.

Trump narrowly avoided decease erstwhile an assassin's slug grazed his ear.  (Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker)

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Paul said that whoever was successful complaint of information that time could person been fired, and lamented nan anticipation that those successful complaint that time mightiness beryllium starring information for statesmanlike candidates successful nan early if due disciplinary measures are not taken. 

"When we talked to nan group successful complaint of security, everybody pointed nan digit astatine personification else… cipher wanted responsibility," Paul said. 

Paul attributed nan agency’s deficiency of honesty regarding nan information failures astatine Butler to a "cultural coverup" wrong nan Secret Service, and slammed them for only firing officials responsible aft he began probing what went wrong.

Paul pointed to nan aggregate times that would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was spotted earlier opening occurrence connected nan rally.  (Bethel Park School District)

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"It was a taste coverup for nan agency. They did not want to measure blame, they did not want to look internally. They wanted to discount immoderate of their actions that mightiness person led to this. This was a screen your ass benignant of moment… it was a immense failure." Paul said. "Even nan disciplinary action they yet took, they only took because I subpoenaed."