Melania Trump says the silence round Thomas Matthew Crooks‘ try on her husband Donald Trump‘s life feels “heavy” … and she or he’s questioning the circumstances.
In a brand new X video Tuesday, the previous First Woman says her husband’s near-death ordeal in July was distressing … and she or he’s puzzled why cops didn’t arrest the shooter earlier than Donald’s rally speech, the place Crooks nicked his ear with a bullet.
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Melania says there’s extra to the story, and she or he desires to “uncover the reality” within the transient video … which promotes her new memoir, “Melania.”
That is MT’s first time on digital camera talking concerning the capturing, however she has addressed it earlier than. The day after the try, she shared an open letter calling the gunman a “monster” who noticed her husband as an “inhuman political machine.” She additionally thanked “secret service brokers and regulation enforcement officers who risked their very own lives to guard my husband.”
However as we all know, the Secret Service confronted heavy criticism for not stopping Crooks from firing in the course of the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 … particularly because it got here to gentle Crooks was on their radar as a individual of curiosity for over an hour earlier than the capturing.
Regardless of this, Crooks made his option to the rooftop, the place the Secret Service noticed him 20 minutes earlier than he fired his first shot. He was finally shot useless by a Secret Service sniper.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her position on the federal company by the top of the month after dealing with intense public scrutiny.
