New footage of would-be Trump assassin emerges amid more allegations of security failures
Fox News reported that new video footage has emerged of the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month.
What's more, the man who recorded the video says he was taken aback by security lapses at the campaign event.
Rally-goer was next to building shooter opened fire from
The footage was made by rally-goer Jon Malis as he and his family stood next to the American Glass Research (AGR) building from which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire.
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"I noticed about two minutes before the shooting started, the people were starting to say, 'hey, he's climbing up here, he's crawling around, he's doing this, he's doing that," Malis was quoted as telling Fox News.
"We just kind of ignored it because we thought it was some person trying to get a better view," Malis recalled. "I want to say three, then maybe five [rounds were heard]. And then I heard the two counter sniper rounds."
Second video of Crooks recorded on dashcam
"I have a picture of him with his rifle up and his rifle turned towards me and the other guys that were standing behind the tree, and at that second Secret Service shot him," Malis noted.
Malis subsequently realized that he also captured images of Crooks with his vehicle's dash camera, stating, "And, as I was going back to my videos later, I noticed somebody who looked like crooks crossing the street and zoomed in on it. Turned out it really was him."
"So it's a video of him, we think leaving his vehicle. There was a gray Hyundai, looked like a Sonata, that was parked there … He wasn't carrying anything. He was just in his, you know, just his regular clothes. No backpack or anything," Malis continued.
"Just walking to the building. And then about two minutes after that, somebody else shot a video of him on that side of the building, through the fence," he added.
Secret Service head resigns after being grill by lawmakers
In addition to discussing the videos he had recorded, Malis also commented on the lax security measure's taken at Trump's rally.
"One of the first things I noticed when we walked up, none of us have been vetted," he pointed. "We're all along the fence. We all have view of the stage. We can see Trump."
Former Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigned this week after being grilled by Capitol Hill lawmakers about security failures by her agency.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer complained that Cheatle's testimony "instilled no confidence that she has the ability to ensure the Secret Service can meet its protective mission."