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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Swat team says it had no contact with Secret Service before Trump rally shooting

Donald Trump at a campaign rally, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July, before an assassination attempt.
Donald Trump at a campaign rally, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July, before an assassination attempt of the former president. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Local police officers on a special tactical team who were assigned to help protect Donald Trump on the day the former president was wounded during a 13 July assassination attempt in Butler county, Pennsylvania, have said they had no contact with Secret Service agents before the gunman opened fire.

“We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened,” Jason Woods, lead sharpshooter on the Swat team in nearby Beaver county, Pennsylvania, told ABC News.

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