The widow of Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, says she and her family are still struggling and have no answers.

Wife of the former fire chief who was killed on that fateful day, Helen Comperatore, sat down with News Nation two years after her husband’s death, and didn’t hold back.

Comperatore blasted the Secret Service, saying they got “everything wrong” in the events leading up to the deadly shooting that nearly took then-candidate Donald Trump’s life. She also believes that the shooter, Thomas Crooks, didn’t act alone.

“I don’t believe there was another shooter there,” she said. “But I believe he was working with somebody…” she continued. “I believe it was an inside job, inside the government,” she alleged.

She went on to say that she’s been “told things” to make her believe the attempted hit on Trump’s life was purely political.

“He didn’t just get up that day and go do it,” she said of Crooks.

“I’ve been told things… but I’ve had something that happened with me that afterwards, and you’re starting to put the pieces together, it just made total sense.”

The widow of Corey Comperatore says she has reason to believe that the assassination attempt in Butler, which took the life of her husband, was an inside job.

Helen Comperatore is pleading with Trump to do something and says she won’t have closure until the people responsible… pic.twitter.com/QAwkcRXIKp

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 15, 2026

Comperatore was praised on X for going public with important questions surrounding her husband’s death.

A widow who doesn’t just buy the fedslop handed out and continues fighting for justice for her husband 2 years later. Imagine that.

Keep fighting, Mrs. Comperatore. You’ve got prayers still going up for you.

— Mrs B (@MrsB_Is_Ready) July 15, 2026

Refreshing to see a widow that does not grieve ”differently” and asks the same questions everyone else is thinking. Makes you think not everyone is crazy.

— 🇺🇸Establishment Eradicator🇺🇸 (@wheresourLOGIC) July 15, 2026

Never forget that after ignoring every rally Trump had until that day, CNN decided to cover this one live.

She is 100% correct and whoever in CNN decided that this particular rally must be covered live is the link to the individual(s) that spurred on the assassin to commit…

— Daniel Harris (@DanielLHarris) July 15, 2026

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