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Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, appeared to question the FBI’s handling of the investigation into the assassination attempt against the former president on July 13.
Trump and Vance appeared on Fox News on Monday night when they were asked about the probe.
“I don’t trust the bureau leadership but I certainly think there are a lot of good field agents … on the ground who have the country’s best interest at heart,” Vance told host Jesse Watters.
Trump added that at the “mid and lower levels” of the FBI, they’re “MAGA” people.
Meanwhile, US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle admitted on Monday her agency failed to protect Donald Trump from an attempted assassination at a campaign rally, calling it the “most significant operational failure … in decades.”
Cheatle was grilled by House members at a contentious hearing over the blunders that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to scale a roof and open fire with his father’s AR-15 assault-style rifle. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come out demanding that Cheatle step down as the agency’s leader.
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Nikki Haley’s warning to Trump and Biden resurfaces after president exits 2024 raceNikki Haley declared that the first US political party to retire its “80-year-old candidate” will win the election, resurfaced footage shows. The clip has been re-shared online following 81-year-old Joe Biden’s announcement that he will no longer be standing for re-election. In a statement on Sunday, 21 July, the president said he would endorse his vice president, Kamala Harris, to replace him at the top of the party ticket. “Most Americans do not want a rematch between Biden and Trump,” Ms Haley said in January 2024. “The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election.”
Oliver O’Connell23 July 2024 03:30
1721700021Trump and Vance trash FBI leadership and Biden supporters after calls for unity: ‘He draws flies’In his first televised interview after an attempted assassination, Donald Trump argued that President Joe Biden did not need a robust security detail for his campaign rallies as the former president questioned why there weren’t “enough people” protecting him when shots were fired at one of his own.
“The problem is Biden doesn’t draw anybody. He draws flies,” said Trump, sitting beside his running mate JD Vance for their first interview together on Fox News on Monday.
“He draws nobody,” Trump said. “You don’t need very many people for that because he does not draw — 30 people show up. We have 55, 65,000 people.”
Alex Woodward23 July 2024 03:00
1721698255Trump’s mental health focus of George Conway’s ‘Anti-Psychopath PAC’For weeks, reports abounded about President Joe Biden’s cognitive condition in the wake of his terrible performance at last month’s CNN presidential debate. With mounting pressure, finally, this weekend, he quit the presidential race.
But not nearly as much ink has been spilt on the mental condition of Donald Trump.
But as the former President accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for the third consecutive election, conservative attorney George Conway was determined to give him a diagnosis.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Oliver O’Connell23 July 2024 02:30
1721696033Trump describes meeting with Secret Service directorTrump said Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle met with him following the assassination attempt.
“She was very nice, I thought but, somebody should have made sure there was nobody on that roof – that roof was a dead aim right onto the stage,” Trump told Fox News on Monday night. “And they said they didn’t have the manpower for it, which is crazy.”
He added: “130 yards is like sinking a one-foot pot. It’s considered really close.”
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:53
1721695338Trump says he will release assassination attempt files if electedTrump said on Monday night that he would declassify the assassination attempt files if he’s elected to a second term.
“There should be nothing to hide here,” he said.
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:42
1721695148Trump says Secret Service sniper was ‘world-class shot’Trump said the Secret Service sniper at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally was a “world-class shot.”
“I guess he didn’t want to take the shot. I can understand that one a little bit because … you don’t want to shoot somebody if that person’s not going to be carrying a gun,” he added.
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:39
1721694990‘Nobody said there was a problem,’ Trump says of rally shootingSpeaking about the gunman at his rally, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump said: “They were monitoring this guy for an hour beforehand.”
“No one told you not to take the stage. Nobody mentioned it,” he added. “Nobody said there was a problem … They could have said let’s wait for 15 minutes, 20 minutes, five minutes … I think that was a mistake.”
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:36
1721694805Trump says he had ‘nice conversation’ with Biden after assassination attemptTrump described his call with President Joe Biden following the assassination attempt, saying: “It was good. It was a nice conversation. He said you’re lucky you turned to the right.”
“This country would be lucky if it turned to the right,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said.
“Well, I guess, maybe, certainly to a certain extent it would, wouldn’t it be nice,” Trump said.
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:33
1721694655Trump takes a big lead over Harris in betting odds for NovemberGustaf Kilander has the story.
Oliver O’Connell23 July 2024 01:30
1721694250Trump says assassination injury improving Asked about the state of his ear following the assassination attempt, Trump said it’s “good. getting much better.”
“We’re getting down to the small bandages, but it was a nasty one and it was a nasty period,” he added.
Gustaf Kilander23 July 2024 01:24
