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Crooks had been under scrutiny by the Secret Service’s state and local partners for approximately 40 minutes."
By the time information about the shooter had reached the Secret Service command post, the task force said To date, the Task Force has not received any evidence to suggest that message reached the former President’s USSS detail prior to shots fired,
Local law enforcement told the Task Force that the Secret Service did not give any guidance to Butler ESU and Beaver ESU regarding the placement, role, and responsibilities of their snipers… they understood their assignment to be overwatch of the rally venue,
Although the findings in this report are preliminary, the information obtained during the first phase of the Task Force’s investigation clearly shows a lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners before the rally,
The autopsy found no evidence of an entry wound from a second bullet,
He fired a single shot from a standing position at Crooks, who was in a prone position on the roof. Butler ESU Witness 5 told the Task Force that he believes his shot hit Crooks,
Put simply, the evidence obtained by the task force to date shows the tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and should not have happened,
Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers could have engaged Thomas Matthew Crooks at several pivotal moments,
The Task Force will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that a security failure of this magnitude can never happen again,
Today's bipartisan interim report makes clear that the conditions which allowed the would-be assassin to have a clear line of sight on President Trump were a result of poor communication, inadequate coordination with local law enforcement, and a failure to secure the event perimeter."