Former Secret Service agent says counter snipers at Trump rally should have had '360 degree coverage' of surrounding buildings

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Shooting at Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A former Secret Service agent says authorities should have had a comprehensive "site plan" of the event space and surrounding buildings for the rally where a shooter fired at Donald Trump.

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Ex-Secret Service special agents explain why counter-sniper who saved Trump's life may have lost crucial seconds

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Secret Service agents converge on Trump on the stage of his Pennsylvania campaign rally, while a uniformed agent stands nearby holding a rifle.

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Trump's shooting puts scandal-plagued Secret Service under the biggest microscope yet

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Secret Service agents huddle around Donald Trump after he was shot during a political rally.
The Secret Service is already facing tough questions over how former President Donald Trump was able to be shot during a political rally.

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Rally gunman was only around 450 feet away from Donald Trump as he opened fire

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Former US President Donald Trump was hit in his right ear and is fine following a deadly shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania. This map shows how far the shooter was from Trump on stage.
Satellite imagery of the shooting location.

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Former Secret Service agent who took a bullet for Reagan said the Trump shooting was a failure 'plain and simple'

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Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Former President Donald Trump was escorted off-stage by agents.

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

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An aerial shot of single-family homes in a row.
The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.

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Vintage photos show how presidential limousines have changed, from open convertibles to Biden's $1.5 million armored Cadillac known as 'The Beast'

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President Ronald Reagan waves from the back of his limousine in 1984.

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Four Secret Service agents were disciplined after getting snookered by imposter federal cops

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Court documents from the 2002 indictment of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali
Court documents from the 2022 indictment of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali.

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