Well the other elephant in the room, which just perplexes the hell out of me, is the reports that came out a couple days after the shooting, that one of these two snipers saw Crooks on the roof 18 minutes before he started shooting.
According to Cheatle’s testimony on July 22nd, before Congress, this was information was contained in the initial FBI report:
"Rep. Jake LaTurner – Republican – Kansas: Is it true that at 5:45 pm, approximately 18 minutes before President Trump took the stage, the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit noticed the shooter on the roof and photographed him?
Is that a fact or not?
Secret Service Director Cheatle: That is the information that I have from the FBI’s report, yes.
Rep. Jake LaTurner: You haven’t been willing to share whether or when this was communicated to the Secret Service, so I’d like to get into the difference between suspicious activity and threatening activity.
Is it suspicious, or threatening, if an individual is seen around the perimeter with a rangefinder? Is that just suspicious?
Cheatle: That could be termed as suspicious.
Rep. Jake LaTurner: If that same individual, with the rangefinder, is found on a rooftop, is that still just suspicious? Or is that, is that considered threatening?
Cheatle: That could be termed still as suspicious."
So the implications of this, if true, are just enormous.
If true, Crooks was obviously on the roof twice, and he was spotted by local law enforcement on both occasions.
And nothing was done???
The earlier sighting, 18 minutes before the shooting, also fills in some of the timeline for that crucial but mysterious 5:45 to 6:02 period.
Has anyone seen any media reports of the FBI walking this back?
If they haven’t yet, you know they will, even if it’s a lie.
No coverup of this, whether it is a coverup to minimize gross negligence, or a coverup to hide a conspiracy to allow an assassination, can let something like that stand.
It has to be made to go away…