Trump Assassination Attempt

Waves of AI-generated deepfakes have been distributed in recent months in attempts to undermine elections in the United States, underscoring the need for defenses against these threats. For example, a fake video impersonating President Joe Biden is believed to have suppressed voter turnout in the New Hampshire primary, while a deepfake of Chicago mayoral candidate […]

The first shot to strike the man who fired at former President Donald Trump was from a local law enforcement officer, according to a preliminary report from an investigation by a U.S. congressman. Thomas Crooks fired eight shots from the rooftop of a building near where Trump was speaking in Butler County, Pennsylvania on July […]

Former President Donald Trump announced he would be returning to Pennsylvania’s Butler County, where he survived an assassination attempt in mid-July. His confirmation came during an interview with X owner Elon Musk on his social media platform on Monday evening. “By the way, we’re going back to Butler, and we’re going to go back in […]

It’s been exactly a month since former President Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Marking the occasion on Tuesday, Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill that would ramp up Secret Service protection for political leaders and candidates. Under the proposal, the agency will be compelled to expand security perimeter […]

Richard Giardino, sheriff of Fulton County, New York, former New York State judge and prosecutor, and host of “The Rich Giardino Show,” spoke with NTD about the House task force investigation of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Trump’s public praise of Secret Service agents on the ground following the shooting, and what […]

Almost a month after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, conflicting narratives persist regarding whether local law enforcement snipers had a clear line of sight to the rooftop where the would-be assassin opened fire, leaving key questions unanswered. In an Aug. 9 letter, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) asked acting […]

Bodycam footage from a local Pennsylvania officer who tried to get on the roof where a man shot at former President Donald Trump last month was released on Thursday. The footage shows the moment an officer with the Butler Township Police Department tried to get on the roof of a building where suspected gunman Thomas […]

America’s confidence in the Secret Service is tepid after the attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life with just 36 percent of Americans very confident in the agency, 34 percent somewhat confident, and 29 percent not very confident. That’s according to a recent AP-NORC poll. In light of this NTD spoke with executive protection and […]

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe held a press conference Friday to give more details on the agency’s investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. NTD spoke with Peter Forcelli, retired deputy assistant director for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, and retired NYPD homicide detective, who commended Rowe’s […]

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe on Friday said his agency takes full responsibility for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump as he plans to make changes to operations and on-site communications moving forward.

Authorities in Butler County, Pennsylvania, released a report Thursday providing more details on the death of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Butler County Coroner William Young found that Thomas Matthew Crooks died from a single gunshot wound to the head at 6:25 p.m. local time on July 13, and […]

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Eighteen days after surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump returned to this coveted swing state on July 31, a key point in the 2024 presidential race. “Our resolve is unbroken, and our will is undeterred,” Trump told a cheering crowd that overflowed the 7,318-seat New Holland Arena at the Pennsylvania […]

Acting Director of the FBI Ronald Rowe announced changes to the bureau’s procedures including having experienced supervisors review security plans beforehand. NTD speaks to Peter Forcelli, a retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director and NYPD homicide detective, who raises the concern that there may be less experienced law enforcement officers as some chose not to stick […]

The Secret Service counter-snipers and personnel guarding former President Donald Trump on July 13 were both unaware that a man on the rooftop of a nearby building had a gun, the agency’s top official said on Tuesday. “Neither the Secret Service counter-sniper teams, nor members of the former president’s security detail, had any knowledge that […]

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. discussed at a Tuesday Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing when and how the Secret Service’s snipers first discovered Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said he is committed to changing the work culture and listening to agents’ concerns, while testifying to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday over what happened leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe wound up in a heated exchange at a Tuesday Senate Homeland Security hearing over the number of agents assigned to former President Donald Trump’s and candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s details during the current election season.