President Donald Trump has directed the United States Secret Service to provide him “every bit of information” known about his two attempted assassins last summer during the presidential campaign.
The president said he was convinced the Secret Service had been holding back such information because of former President Joe Biden.
Speaking to the New York Post, Trump said, “I’m entitled to know,.
“I want to find out about the two assassins. . . . Why did the one guy have six cell phones and why did the other guy have foreign apps?
“No more holding back because of Biden. . . . I’m entitled to know. And they [ Secret Service] held it back long enough. No excuses.”
NEW DAILY PRIME recalls that on July 13, 2024, Trump, the then-former president of the United States and then-presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump was shot and wounded in his upper right ear by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from the roof of a nearby building.
Crooks also killed one audience member and critically injured two others.
A member of the Butler County Emergency Services Unit then shot at Crooks and hit his rifle, stopping his shots. Ten seconds later, Crooks was shot and killed by the Counter Sniper Team of the United States Secret Service.
As shots were fired, Trump clasped his ear and took cover behind his lectern, where Secret Service agents shielded him until the shooter was killed.
Evan Vucci, a photojournalist for the Associated Press, captured photographs of Trump with blood on his face and ear, pumping his fist in the air and saying “Fight!” as agents escorted him offstage; the images went viral on social media.
Trump was taken to a hospital, treated, and released later that day. He made his first public appearance after the shooting two days later at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wearing a bandage on his ear.
Also, on September 15, 2024, Trump survived an assassination attempt while golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A suspect, later identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, was spotted hiding in nearby shrubbery while aiming a rifle at a member of Trump’s security detail.
A Secret Service agent fired upon Routh, who fled the scene and was later captured in Martin County. No injuries were reported.
Officials say that Routh intended to shoot Trump, and Routh had been indicted on five federal charges by September 24, including attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate.
The incident occurred two months after Trump survived a previous assassination attempt while speaking at a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
Routh has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and a preliminary trial date has been set for September 8, 2025. He could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
