CNN —Text messages between law enforcement before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month suggest that some officers raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at the former president.
If you wanna notify SS [Secret Service] snipers to look out.
It’s also unclear how the Secret Service designated security that day and who managed the communication between local and federal law enforcement.
“We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened,” Jason Woods, a sniper on the team, told ABC News.
CNN has reached out to the Secret Service for comment.
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Donald Trump, Republican Sen, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, “, ”, It’s, ” Jason Woods, Kimberly Cheatle, Ronald Rowe, Paul Abbate
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