Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday he was deeply alarmed after a shooter was able to get close enough to attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month. Garland spoke to NBC News on Tuesday, describing the attack — which left one of Trump’s supporters dead at a rally in Pennsylvania — as … Read more
The attempted assassination of former U.S. president and current Republican nominee Donald Trump marks the latest incident in an ever-growing wave of political violence worldwide that analysts believe won’t subside any time soon. The shooting came after attempted and completed assassinations of politicians in Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ecuador, Brazil and other countries over … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, acknowledged Monday that the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump represented a fundamental failure on her agency’s part. Speaking before lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Cheatle described the July 13 shooting of Trump and attendees at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as “the most significant operational … Read more
Comperatore was with her husband, Corey, and their daughter in the rally audience in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday when a gunman opened fire and attempted to assassinate Trump. Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief, used his body to shield his family and was struck in the head by gunfire. The 50-year-old died on the scene. … Read more
