Suspecting “intentional negligence,” Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s take on one assassination attempt of President Donald Trump had her scrutinizing the former administration.
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Messages seemingly conflicting with the video of the security perimeter at the Hinckley Hilton and the reality that an alleged wannabe assassin had come so close to endangering the president and cabinet members renewed concerns about measures taken to ensure Trump’s safety.
As such, nearly two years after the tragedy in Butler, Pennsylvania, which resulted in the killing of firefighter Corey Comperatore, as well as the wounding of two others and Trump, Luna presented her case that the attempted assassination may have been an “inside job” involving then-President Joe Biden’s administration.
During an interview for journalist Miranda Devine’s podcast, “Pod Force One,” the subject of the July 13, 2024, rally was raised, including FBI testimony under then-Dir. Christopher Wray, as she said that the shooter “wasn’t an anti-Trump guy, he was a pro-Trump guy. Well, that wasn’t true. So, why do you think, still, the FBI has been very hostile to me after I revealed that information?”
“Why is that?” Devine reiterated before asking the GOP congresswoman if she buys into the FBI’s position that there is “nothing more to find” regarding Butler.
“I think what is interesting about the initial investigation is: A, it was done under Biden, period. So the Biden administration, the FBI — this is the same FBI, remember, that couldn’t locate who actually owned that bag of cocaine that was found in the White House, and then also ended up destroying the evidence, specifically pertaining to the bag of cocaine at the White House,” said Luna. “Specifically, what was interesting about the Butler assassination [attempt], and I’ve said this before, I think that that was intentional negligence.”
Raising her questioning of former U.S. Secret Service Dir. Kimberly Cheatle, the Florida lawmaker reminded, “We actually had whistleblowers from within the Secret Service that came out, that stated that, you know, they were basically not present or told to stand down at the actual, um — there was a group of snipers that were actually met that day, that was coordinated by the local law enforcement, and they just so happened to not show up.”
“The area that was left open was literally the perfect location to take a shot and, basically assassinate someone. And then you have this aspect of the Biden administration that, you know, basically gave limited staffing to a former president with Secret Service, and everything that accumulated and the way that it was, you know, within hours of [the would-be assassin] being shot, and basically, you know, neutralized,” she went on.
Worth remembering, in addition to the concerns about Trump’s security detail and how the location for the rally had been secured that day, in the immediate wake of the assassination attempt, Biden refused to refer to it as such, insisting, “… I don’t have any facts,” despite assuring he’d been “thoroughly briefed by all agencies in the federal government.”
‘I don’t know enough’: Biden REFUSES to call Trump shooting an ‘assassination attempt’ https://t.co/xF1dbyUlhC via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) July 14, 2024
“The entire scene was done,” continued Luna. “I never heard any follow-up from that FBI on what happened to the other burner phones, and also too, if this was just some random, you know, lone shooter, why did he have burner phones? What happened to his video game console? I mean, there’s a lot outstanding, and I’ve actually shared this before, that to me, that has all the marks of intelligence, and I believe an inside job. That’s literally what I think is the ultimate revelation of that.”
Before the conversation moved on, the congresswoman made note that release of the investigation remained up to the president, who had said he was “satisfied” with the briefing from his administration.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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