A former military sniper asserts the shooter who took a failed shot at Donald Trump had help from inside sources.
In an Instagram post Sunday, retired sniper Dallas Alexander, whose Tier 1 Special Operations Unit “JTF 2” had the longest confirmed sniper kill streak, expressed his expert opinion that the shooter was allowed to take his shot.
“I’m very familiar with the layout of these types of things and what the job should be,” Alexander said a day after the assassination attempt.
“And yesterday what happened, I have no doubts in my mind that the shooter had help from somewhere within an agency, an organization, or the government,” he said.
Alexander added when he saw aerial photos of the event “it immediately made no sense to me,” adding the rooftops were glaring vulnerabilities that would have been noticed by anyone.
“You don’t even need to be a sniper — it’s the most f–king obvious thing. The most obvious place in the whole world,” Alexander said.
“You could be like a seventh-grader — like ‘What do we have to do for security?’ Well, let’s look at these rooftops that are almost within zeroing range of a rifle,” he continued.
Ultimately, Alexander says it appears a stand-down was effectively ordered and shooter Thomas Crooks was permitted to get into position.
“Something happened. I’m not pointing fingers at anyone, it’s just too obvious that this guy had help getting there. Whether someone turned a blind eye or it was strategically planned. Events like that, security like that … it’s not a small thing and that is the most obvious place to be.”
Alexander said he also found it hard to believe the shooter was able to get into position and target one of the “hardest to stalk targets in the whole world,” and still missed his shot.
“Uh, you’re not gonna miss a shot. You’re not going to miss that shot. Like, if you have the skill set to get in there, avoiding all of these security, um, all different layers of security, then you will have the skill set to hit that, hit that first round. Um, it just, it doesn’t make any sense.”
“So, my opinion is, And whether this comes out now or way later, um, is that this guy had help from somewhere,” he concluded.
Alexander’s assessment echoed sentiments from retired Green Beret Matthew Murphy, a certified level one sniper with extensive Special Operations training, who also deduced the failed assassination attempt on Trump was likely an inside job.
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The analysis from the two expert snipers comes as US Army veteran and House Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) told CNN on Tuesday that the amount of security lapses seemed to point to an “intentional” effort to leave Trump vulnerable to gunfire.
“The amount of negligence, the amount of mistakes that was made here, I have a very difficult time not leaning myself towards this was intentional as opposed to fecklessness,” Mills told anchor Kate Bolduan during RNC coverage in Milwaukee.
