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In an interim staff report that was published on Monday, the House task force on the attempted assassination of former President Trump outlined the deficiencies in the planning and security of Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which took place on July 13.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old shooter, was able to climb atop a building with a line of sight to Trump and fire at him due to the absence of a unified command post, fragmented communication, a narrow field of vision for local snipers, and a lack of adequate planning, per the 53-page report.
The former president was nearly killed by Crooks’s gunshot, which also caused an injury to his ear. Additionally, one rally attendee was fatally wounded by gunfire, while two others sustained severe injuries.
The task force report is one of numerous investigations into the security failures that resulted in the July assassination attempt and contains numerous critiques that have been previously disclosed.
In September, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a report that revealed that agents had numerous opportunities to prevent Crooks from firing at Trump.
Crooks’s autopsy report and the sequence of events that resulted in the release of the remains to his family were also detailed in the most recent report. The remains were released by the Butler County Coroner’s office after the FBI agreed that no further evidence was required, according to the report.
The autopsy report determined that Crooks perished as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head.
It did not return any results for alcohol or drugs of abuse, but it did return positive results for lead, selenium, and antimony.
The Allegheny County Chief Medical Examiner suggested that the elevated lead levels may have been a result of the time spent at the firing range.
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