As the FBI has taken over the investigation into the assassination of former US President Donald Trump, there are a number of questions that experts have raised about the Secret Service.
How is it possible that the assassin on the roof was not spotted?
It remains unclear how the perpetrator of Trump's injury, Thomas Matthew Crooks, managed to climb onto the roof of a building only 130 meters from the 'target'. An officer was supposed to be on the roof to survey the entire area.
Were there any warnings for the author?
A witness told the BBC that he and other people saw the perpetrator crawling on the roof. They signaled the police, but there was no intervention for several minutes.
Was the Secret Service dependent on the local police?
The area from which Crooks fired was not controlled by the Secret Service, but by the local police. Apparently, the cooperation between them has failed.
Crooks had received detailed information about the podium where Trump would climb?
It is more than clear that the local police are not trained for such events, as is the Secret Service. Jason Chaffets, who has previously reported on some shortcomings of the Secret Service, says that the author was informed by reliable sources and is positioned very close to Trump.
Did the former president leave the podium quickly?
The agents who surrounded Trump after the shooting have received due praise. But the question arises, maybe they took too long to put it on the ground? There is also an attempt by Trump to put on the shoes, which is somewhat incomprehensible. For this, other agents say: If it were me, I wouldn't have asked. I would take him out of there right away, I would buy him a new pair of shoes....