Liz Landers is a national correspondent leading the disinformation desk at Scripps News.
Nearly three months after a would-be assassin came mere millimeters away from taking his life, former President Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the scene of the crime – now protected by a bigger security footprint but facing far greater political headwinds.When Trump last came to Butler on July 13, he was fresh off the first 2024 general election debate, one widely seen as a total victory against his then-opponent, President Joe Biden.
Crooks was able to scale the ladder of a nearby building and fire off eight shots from an AR-15–style rifle from the roof before Secret Service agents returned fire and killed him. Federal and local law enforcement agencies struggled to communicate with one another during the attack, even as attendees flagged him as suspicious to security officials earlier that day.
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