Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Trump’s Wound and Secret Service Response

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Extensive media coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally shows his injury and the immediate response of Secret Service agents. But social media posts make the unsupported claims that Trump wasn’t shot and the agents’ response indicates the incident was “staged.” Full Story The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 is being investigated as a possible act of domestic terrorism, though authorities said the gunman’s motive remains unknown. Law enforcement officials identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who was fatally shot by Secret Service snipers. One spectator at the rally, Corey Comperatore, a volunteer firefighter, was killed. The former president was hit in the right ear by a bullet and two rally attendees, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were injured. The AR-15 style firearm Crooks used was legally purchased by his father in 2013, the Washington Post reported. An FBI statement updated on July 15 said, “While the investigation to date indicates the shooter acted alone, the FBI continues to conduct logical investigative...