No official motive has been released for the shooting, but reports have indicated Crooks — who was killed by countersnipers at the scene — had
Melania Trump questioned the official narrative of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in a video posted on social media Tuesday morning.
In the clip, Melania suggests the July 13 assassination attempt, which left one bystander dead and two seriously wounded, may be part of a conspiracy.
“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” she says. “Now, the silence around it feels heavy. I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech? There is definitely more to this story and we need to uncover the truth.”
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— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) September 10, 2024
The video ends with a promotion for the ex-first lady’s new memoir, “Melania,” and the website where it can be pre-ordered.
A day after the shooting, Melania Trump wrote a letter thanking “the brave Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband,” and asking the public to “ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence.”
Melania was not in attendance at the Butler, Pa., rally when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, a registered Republican, fired multiple shots at the stage from a nearby rooftop.
Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed shielding his family from the bullets, while several others were hurt including the former president, who sustained a graze wound to his ear.
BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
No official motive has been released for the shooting, but reports have indicated Crooks — who was killed by countersnipers at the scene — had researched Trump, President Biden, Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley and others. He was also identified as a suspicious individual by law enforcement at least an hour before the shooting.
The incident led to Kimberly Cheatle resigning from her position as director of the Secret Service.
There’s currently a congressional bipartisan task force investigating the shooting, with plans to hold public hearings ahead of Election Day.
Melania Trump has largely been absent from the campaign trail, only making a brief appearance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee days after the shooting.
In another video earlier this week promoting her upcoming book, Melania spoke about how “the 2020 election results changed our lives forever” and led to “significant challenges to free speech as demonstrated by the efforts to silence my husband.”
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
