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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday demanded to know if the Secret Service was engaged in a “conspiracy to kill” former President Donald Trump when he was nearly assassinated earlier this month.
There’s no evidence to support any claims that law enforcement participated in the assassination attempt. Greene’s wild question was one of several nods to conspiracy theories about the shooting throughout Monday’s hearing.In the week since the shooting — which created an extremely tense environment that experts warn could generate more political violence — several high-profile conservatives have floated unfounded, inflammatory theories.
Cheatle said that the agents assigned to Trump’s detail on the day of the shooting were part of his permanent, normal detail — and also that the former president has a massive team of security personnel assigned to him. The convention team may have just had different agents on shift, she said.Rep. Scott Perry asked Cheatle if she was confident that the shooter was “the only person firing that day” at Trump.
“Here you’ve got a guy scampering up the side of a building, on top of a roof, it’s identified to you, and you said you sent a team there.” Multiple members of Congress pointed out that Cheatle’s refusal to answer questions — citing ongoing fact-gathering and investigation — could fuel further conspiracy theorizing.
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