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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Checking the Facts: Trump rally shooting: What's real, what's not and how we know

There is overwhelming evidence to show the assassination attempt against Donald Trump really happened. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Wed Jul 17 2024

 
TOPSHOT - Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. The suspected shooter who wounded Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally is dead, US media reported Saturday, along with one bystander. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)

There is overwhelming evidence to show the assassination attempt against Donald Trump really happened.

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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.
 

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Federal records disprove an online claim that top execs from outlets such as ABC, NBC and CBS donated to Trump's campaign.

July 14, 2024; Butler, PA, USA; An American flag remains draped behind the rally site on The Butler Farm Show Grounds where former President Donald Trump was shot Sunday, July 13, 2024. Mandatory Credit: Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch
 

US flag hung between cranes well above Trump rally stage | Fact check

Photos and a livestream from various news outlets show the flag could be seen only from certain distances and angles because of its position.

A state trooper car blocks an entrance to the event grounds where the rally was held, during the law enforcement investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
 

Image in post began as hoax, doesn't show rally gunman | Fact check

The social media user who first posted it to X, formerly Twitter, admitted in a subsequent post that it was shared as a hoax.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
 

Fact check: False claims about Trump rally shooter, investigation grow

An assassination attempt that left former President Donald Trump injured on July 13 led to misinformation spreading widely online.

FBI investigators hose off a rooftop where a gunman had been positioned during the law enforcement investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 14, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
 

Man posed as Trump rally shooter as 'a joke' | Fact check

A social media user pretended to be Thomas Matthew Crooks in a hoax video. He said in later posts that he was not the shooter.

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2024. (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)
 

Secret Service debunks claim about denied Trump security | Fact check

The Secret Service and FBI both said the claim is false, and that extra resources and technology had been allocated to Trump's rally.

Security personnel inspect the site after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
 

False claim video shows Trump rally shooting was 'staged' | Fact check

The Secret Service had already confirmed the shooting resulted in casualties by the time the Facebook post was shared on July 14.

Secret Service agents help former President Donald Trump after he was injured amid gunfire at his reelection campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
 

No, 'The Simpsons' did not predict Trump rally shooting | Fact check

A cartoon image of Donald Trump in a casket has circulated online multiple times over the years but has never appeared on the show.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
 

Altered image shows smiling agents surrounding Trump | Fact check

The image was doctored to change the facial expressions of the agents. In the original photo, they are not smiling.

 

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