Inside Look at the Assassination Attempt on Trump from a Former FBI Agent
- July 16, 2024 11:04am
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Ashton Packe, a former FBI domestic terrorism investigator, shared his perspective on the assassination attempt against former President Trump. He praised the Secret Service's quick response and criticized the suspect's amateurish approach.
Ashton Packe, a former Nevada law enforcement officer who served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, was left "blown away" by the barrage of gunfire that broke out at former President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania.
Packe, a retired Las Vegas detective, shared an inside look into the investigation of the assassination attempt in Butler. "I was initially just blown away," he said. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing was actually happening because we put so much faith and belief in the system of the Secret Service to protect former presidents, current presidents and their families."
Inside Look at the Assassination Attempt on Trump from a Former FBI Agent
Packe applauded the U.S. Secret Service personnel who quickly surrounded the former president without hesitation. "I think I counted less than three seconds from the initial shot to an agent throwing himself on President Trump's body," he said. "I've analyzed the video. I've gone through it several times myself."
The law enforcement veteran said the suspect, who was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was "amateur hour." "As far as the suspect is concerned, it was amateur hour," he said. "Anyone you know with an AR-15 rifle or a M4 variant is very effective within 150 yards of where that shot was taken.
Inside Look at the Assassination Attempt on Trump from a Former FBI Agent
"And so he failed at this, as I'm sure he's failed at many things in his life," Packe said.
Corey Comperatore, a former Buffalo Township Fire Chief, was attending the rally when he was killed in the gunfire. Packe praised Comperatore's quick decision to use his body as a shield against the bullets flying toward his wife and daughter.
Inside Look at the Assassination Attempt on Trump from a Former FBI Agent
"It's always about the victims. There was a victim that died there yesterday," he said. "A man who was there protecting his daughter through his body when the shots rang out, just like the Secret Service threw their bodies on President Trump."
Packe believes that Americans will begin to realize in the coming days the severity of the attack on the former president. "I don't think a lot of Americans realize just how bad last night could have been, and in the weeks following could have been, had Mr. Trump had been killed," he said.
Inside Look at the Assassination Attempt on Trump from a Former FBI Agent
The law enforcement veteran hopes that the attack will prompt the country to "come together." "It's my hope that we as a country can come together and take a deep breath and realize that, you know, most of us are a little left. Most people are in the middle or slightly right or slightly left," he said. ".
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