The district attorney of Butler County, who helped coordinate local snipers assisting the Secret Service on July 13, disputed acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe's testimony.
The Butler County, Pennsylvania, district attorney told Fox News on Wednesday that local snipers were not responsible for monitoring the rooftop where a gunman tried to assassinate former President Trump. Richard Goldinger is the latest official to dispute acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe's testimony at a Senate hearing on the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The snipers from the Butler and Beaver ESU teams were posted in the second floor of the building adjacent to where the shooter was located, were posted in the two windows toward the end of the building,' Goldinger said. 'From their post and vantage point, they were unable to see the shooter on the roof of the other building.' 'They were not posted at a location that would overlook the roof,' he continued. 'Monitoring that roof was not their assignment.
In response to Goldinger's comments, a Secret Service spokesperson pointed back to Rowe's testimony and said that the agency coordinated with the Butler County Emergency Services Unit, which was the 'tactical lead' for the site. Beaver County Emergency Services Unit Commander Patrick Young told Fox News on Tuesday that his unit was told where to go by Butler County ESU, which he assumed had guidance from the Secret Service.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Acting Secret Service director tells Senate Trump shooting was 'a failure of the Secret Service'Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, Jr. says his agency was delayed in using a drone system that could have stopped shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Read more »
Former service intelligence officer calls Secret Service security at Trump rally a ‘top-down failure’The embattled director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday under bipartisan pressure following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Read more »
Possible shots fired at Trump rally, Trump rushed away by Secret ServiceSecret Service rushed the stage and took former President Donald Trump away in a motorcade.
Read more »
Trump assassination attempt: The latest on shooter, Secret Service’s failure, Biden-Trump chat and moreFormer president Donald Trump barely escaped with his life at a campaign rally on Saturday
Read more »
'Absolute disgrace': Eric Trump calls on Secret Service chief to resign after Trump assassination attemptEric Trump blasted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, calling on her to resign after his father, former President Donald Trump, was nearly assassinated at a Pennsylvania rally.
Read more »
Trump rallygoer scared to attend future Trump events, despite Secret Service urging they move insideFormer President Trump supporter Valerie McGregor, of Plum, Pennsylvania, spoke out about her experience at Trump's Butler rally and how the Secret Service director should have been long gone before her resignation.
Read more »