according my machine transcript of the 20 min presser, the FBI special agent in charge of the FBI Pittsburgh field office Kevin Rojak (or similar) stated this at 00:19:57 into the press conference audio:
“We know that there were 10 rounds fired that day, eight from our subject, one from a local law enforcement officer, and one from the secret service sniper.”
Interestingly, at 00:19:27 he also waltzed over a journalist’s question if medications were looked for apart from the routine alcohol and drug scan in the toxicological findings:
“And regarding the second question, we need to get back to you on whether there were any prescription drugs in the system.”
If Rojak doesn’t even know the toxicological report, what he thinks to be his role at a press conference?
But Rojak knows something else at 00:08:14:
“it is not the FBI’s role to investigate the actions, the security posture, or the responsibilities of the Secret Service or local law enforcement related to the campaign rally.”
Only to contradict that at 00:16:01:
“Next, regarding questions surrounding the release of first responders from the shooting scene on the night of July 13. The FBI had no reason or intention to hold or detain any first responders. As the law enforcement community assembled in Butler was actively responding to public safety risks and assisting with investigative activity throughout the night. The FBI appreciates the monumental law enforcement response that lasted hours […]”
And look at this lame excuse at 00:00:41:
“We continue to do these press briefings by phone because we found that it allows us to reach as many of you as possible. Right. We could do this in person, but that’s going to limit the amount of people could be in the room. And so we just continue to do this by phone.”
Sadly I can’t upload a text file here, but I’ll later add a pdf version.
edit: add machine transcript as pdf as attachment.
2024-08-20-third-fbi-presser-on-Jul-13th.pdf (93.5 KB)
