Trump assassination attempt: Grassley demands Secret Service answer explosive claims in bodycam footage

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is calling on the Secret Service to explain a Butler police officer’s claims that the agency met local law enforcement days before the attempted assassination attempt on former President Trump. Grassley is also demanding that the agency address assertions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe made at a recent Senate hearing about the line-of-sight local counter-snipers had on the day. The lawmaker made the demands in a letter he wrote to Rowe on Friday as part of his ongoing investigation into the assassination attempt of Trump and the killing of local firefighter Corey Comperatore at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. FUMING POLICE OFFICER SAYS HE TOLD SECRET SERVICE TO SECURE TRUMP SHOOTER BUILDING DAYS BEFORE RALLY: BODYCAM “Were you aware of this body camera footage before your July 30 congressional testimony? In the letter, Grassley calls on Rowe to “describe in detail the ‘Tuesday meeting’ that occurred with [the] Secret Service? “In addition, list all local, state, and federal personnel present at that meeting, provide all records and precisely answer whether the statement from the Butler Township officer is an accurate representation of events,” the letter states. In the bodycam footage, the local officer can be heard saying to a colleague: “I f—ing told them they need to post the f—ing guys over here … the Secret Service,” the officer says. Grassley writes that as of Aug. 9, Beaver County ESU claim that the Secret Service had not met with them to discuss the events of July 13. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: PENNSYLVANIA POLICE RELEASE BODYCAM FROM DEADLY BUTLER RALLY In Rowe’s July 30 testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees, he provided an image of the purported line of sight from where local counter-snipers were positioned. However, Grassley writes that as part of his investigation, local law enforcement disputes the angle of the picture, stating to him that “the picture you provided neither accurately depicts their line of sight and coverage area from their position in the building nor their physical placement within the building.” Grassley, in the letter, provides an image of what local law enforcement claim is “their true physical location” with two second floor windows circled. Grassley goes on in the letter to list a number of demands from Rowe, including calling on him to provide a site diagram where all local and federal law enforcement counter snipers were positioned as well as their assigned coverage areas, along with the shooter’s positions throughout the day. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Grassley has also written to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about Asif Merchant, a Pakistani man with ties to the Iranian government, who is alleged to have sought to carry assassinate former President Trump, a case that was investigated weeks before the July 13 rally. Grassley is asking Mayorkas for Merchant’s immigration records, including of he was granted significant public benefit parole before or after being placed on the terrorist watchlist. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-assassination-attempt-grassley-demands-secret-service-answer-explosive-claims-bodycam-footage