Local SWAT team speaks out for 1st time on Trump assassination attempt

Text messages between local snipers show they noticed Thomas Matthew Crooks nearly two hours before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

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[GerarddeSouza-ytfc]

It's like firefighters seeing a fire but waiting for an alarm.

[cheddar]

"We had no comms with Secret Service until after the shooting." He just cooked their goose.

[danipianoarts]

The fact that according to the SWAT team there was ”no communication at all” is wild

[josepharmstrong]

"So many lessons learned." Only one lesson to be learned; don't trust the Secret Service.

[eugeniasandoval]

Secret Service dropped the ball rather no denying it anymore.

[theoracle]

Things that make you go hum, local SWAT team feels bad about what happened, but the Secret Service doesn’t give a damn🤷🏻‍♂️

[georgemagdy]

This has a CONSPIRACY written all over it! Someone held that information and refused to relay it up the chain of command!

[JGunit]

All those people and nobody had the good sense to approach this kid and say, "hey, wtf are you doing over here, what's your name, what are you up to?"

[Delmarksman]

At least the local guys have some remorse over the situation. It doesn't seem that the Fed do, in any shape or form.

[Schaf]

You don't need permission to act on a suspicious individual. Someone should have stopped this guy way before he got on that roof.

[TieKneeTom]

The woman who can't even holster her own gun in sheer panic is ridiculous.

[TommyAventador]

The SS looked away and dropped the ball. The fact that the lady that’s in charge of the SS is not answering questions at the Congressional hearing is sickening and tells a lot!

[karich]

How can a reasonable person not ask if the lack of security was intentional.

[exstock]

I don't want just a couple minutes of the SWAT team speaking out--I want the whole thing!! They wanted to be heard; they wanted to tell their stories; LET THEM.

[StevenOBrien]

Post the full interview... This is why television is dying.

[jovy.x_rodriguez]

SS Chain of command should be held responsible....

[lindaremillard]

Locals can’t be blamed for Secret Service dropping the ball.

[samaelfaneste]

at least these guys have the integrity and valor to show their faces in public and say their piece.
now on the secret service side we don't even know how many agents who was in charge nothing.

[GodSeesUB]

I had to return a 2” penknife to my car at the Trenton aquarium. This guy gets a rifle to within 130 yards of the potus…. Clown world.

[fiebru]

A lack in communication in 2024 is unacceptable!