Rep. Eli Crane is checking out the perch where Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at Donald Trump … and he’s questioning how the shooter slipped past the Secret Service.
The Republican Congressman from Arizona is in Butler, PA investigating the scene of the Trump rally shooting … and he’s sharing video from the infamous sloped roof where Crooks opened fire on Trump before Secret Service countersnipers killed him.
A former Navy SEAL sniper himself, Rep. Crane disputes the Secret Service claim it didn’t have personnel on the roof because of its slope … and he’s wondering why there wasn’t a sniper posted on a nearby water tower, which offers a clear view of the roof where Crooks took up position.
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Rep. Crane also shows the second-floor window where Secret Service agents were allegedly keeping watch.
Crane even went into the room with the second-story window … showing the view from inside and wondering how Crooks got up on the roof undetected.
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Of course, folks at the rally saw Crooks on the roof and tried to alert law enforcement. Still, immediately after a sheriff’s deputy tried to engage him, Crooks was able to get off several shots at Trump.
The head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, was grilled Monday on Capitol Hill … and, clearly, Crane will have more questions for her when he gets done in Butler.