He Secret Service The US saw the attacker Donald Trump on the roof of a building 20 minutes before he shot and killed the former president and Republican candidate at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last Saturday, according to the station, which reported Wednesday. ABC.

The channel, citing security officials and lawmakers familiar with the situation, indicates that Secret Service snipers saw the author of the assassination attempt on Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks. at 17:52, and the shooting occurred at 18:12..

It also reveals other key moments leading up to the attack that FBI and Secret Service leaders told lawmakers: Crooks has been identified as a person of interest. about an hour before the first shot, at 17:10, and twenty minutes later it was seen with a rangefinder.

The information came from a meeting between security officials and lawmakers Wednesday, attended by Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, who relayed Fox News What Crooks had a “rangefinder and a backpack.” and the Secret Service “lost sight of him.”

Bye, CBS provides other details that authorities shared after gaining access to the attacker’s phone: Before the attack, he searched for images of Trump and President Joe Biden; about the upcoming speeches of the first and the Democratic National Convention; and depression, among other things.

Trump was shot in the right ear during the rally before Secret Service snipers shot and killed the shooter, killing one person in the audience and injuring two others, initially seriously and Their condition is serious but stable.

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