This is why I said Trump should've never been allowed to take the stage. They had knowledge of the assassin 10 minutes before Trump even took the stage, yet they allowed him to take it anyway. To make things worse, they then proceeded to let him stay on stage for an additional 10 minutes before the first shots rang out. If that's not intentional, I don't know what is.
The timeline was briefed as follows:
- 5:10 Crooks was first identified as a person of interest
- 5:30 Crooks was spotted with a rangefinder
- 5:52 Crooks was spotted on the roof by Secret Service
- 6:02 Trump takes the stage
- 6:12 Crooks fires first shots
Twenty minutes passed between the time USSS snipers first spotted Crooks on the roof and the time shots were fired at the former president, new information shows.
abcnews.go.com