A police officer assigned to the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated fumed to a fellow cop that he told the Secret Service to man the roof where the gunman opened fire, body camera footage shows.
A fired-up Butler Township Police Department cop can be heard seething over the Secret Service’s decision to leave the roof unoccupied — just 130 yards from where Trump was speaking on July 13, according to footage published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
“I f–king told them they need to post a guy f–king over here,” one cop is heard saying shortly after a shot rang out.
“Who?” another officer asks.
“The Secret Service,” the officer responds. “I told them that f–king Tuesday.”
Body camera footage shows a police officer fuming that Secret Service officers left a roof at the rally unmanned.
A fired-up Butler Township Police Department cop can be heard seething over the Secret Service’s decision to leave the roof unoccupied — just 130 yards from where Trump was speaking on July 13.
Pennsylvania police bodycam shows officers responding after gunshots rang out at a Trump rally on July 13 injuring former President Trump, two rallygoers and killing Corey Comparatore.
But the footage also shows there was confusion about whether the roof — where would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was perched with an AR-style rifle — was actually covered.
“I thought you guys were on the roof,” one officer tells the cop who claimed to have warned the Secret Service.
“No, we were inside,” he responds. “I told them to post f–king guys over here.”
Former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a rally on July 13. AP
Footage also shows cops were confused during the assassination attempt.
“I wasn’t even concerned about it because I thought someone was on the roof … how in the hell can you lose a guy walking back here if someone is on the roof?” the other cop asks.
Body camera footage released by Butler Township also shows the moment a police officer is boosted onto the roof — and finds himself staring down the barrel of Crooks’ weapon.
There was confusion about whether the roof — where would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was perched with an AR-style rifle — was actually covered. AP
Crooks was killed seconds after firing a shot at Trump. APCrooks opened fire on the former president as he spoke at the rally, striking him in the ear and killing one bystander.
Law enforcement killed Crooks within seconds of his first shot.
