Last month, Americans were shocked by the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which resulted in the death of one of his supporters.
This week, new questions have emerged about the tragic event after a whistleblower suggested that authorities may have tampered with the crime scene.
According to the New York Post, Ben Shaffer, a counter-sniper with Washington Regional SWAT, expressed concerns to Capitol Hill lawmakers about suspicious activities following the assassination attempt.
Shaffer specifically noted his unease with the rapid cleaning of the roof of the AGR International building.
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The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, shot a semi-automatic rifle at the former president from that location.
Additionally, Shaffer was perplexed by the decision to dispose of Crooks’ body before an official autopsy report could be released.
These comments from the counter-sniper were made during a panel discussion hosted by Arizona Republican Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, along with Florida Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Cory Mills as well as Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy.
“Do you find it odd that literally only days after the attempted assassination on President Donald J. Trump, while the roof was too sloped to place individuals for counter-sniper operations, that it wasn’t too sloped of a roof for the FBI to go ahead and tamper, in my opinion, with evidence by washing the roof off that may have had significant evidence on it?” the Post quoted Mills as asking Shaffer.
The Post reported that during the earlier part of the conversation, Shaffer brought up the fact that Crooks had been seen at the Butler Farm Show carrying a rangefinder scope typically used by marksmen.
The counter-sniper argued that this behavior should have made Crooks a “person of interest” to law enforcement rather than just a “suspicious person.”
“Yes, absolutely,” Shaffer replied. Former Navy SEAL and Blackwater founder Erik Prince went further, stating, “It sounds like destruction of evidence.”
“That would warrant some type of either investigatory detention or stop-and-question,” the SWAT member said of Crooks’ conduct.
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