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Robert Kennedy Jr.: If the CIA Killed JFK We’ll Know

On Monday night, Tucker Carlson released a compelling interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., following Kennedy’s recent decision to suspend his presidential campaign and endorse former President Donald Trump.

The conversation, which was posted in full on his X account, revealed Kennedy’s newfound commitment to ensuring Trump’s victory in the upcoming election.

During the discussion, Tucker Carlson and Robert Kennedy Jr. discussed the CIA’s involvement in President Kennedy’s assassination.

Robert Kennedy felt this was an important enough clip that he published it on his YouTube page.

Tucker Carlson: In your joint appearance on Friday, President Trump introduced you by saying that he plans to, if elected, establish a commission to declassify the remaining documents, regarding your uncle’s murder in 1963. I think everyone at this point knows the truth, which is the CIA is implicated in that. Those documents protect CIA, maybe among others.

Robert Kennedy Jr.: Well, whether they do or not, it’s odd that they’ve not allowed them to be released.

Tucker Carlson: What could possibly be the explanation?

Robert Kennedy Jr.: More than 60 years after my uncle’s death, It was 65 years. Oh, it was 62 years after his death. None of the people who were implicated in that crime are alive now. The last ones have died off in the last year or two. And so, it clearly is to protect the institution. That’s wrong. It’s just wrong. It’s wrong for a Democrat, and it’s wrong for a Republican.

Tucker Carlson: It’s just interesting, though, that a bipartisan list of presidents, – these six decades have kept those files classified.

Robert Kennedy Jr.: Well, you and I have both. I was astonished that Trump didn’t declassify them because he promised to during the campaign. That was Mike Pompeo who did that. Yeah, and I talked to President Trump for the first time about that this week.

Tucker Carlson: What did he say?

Robert Kennedy Jr.: He said that Mike Pompeo begged him to… I don’t think I’m telling tales out of school here. No, I think he told the same thing to you. That’s true. But he said Mike Pompeo called him and said, This would be a catastrophe to release this. You need to not do it.

Tucker Carlson: I want to say again, I think Mike Pompeo is a criminal, so that’s my view. He threatened to sue me for saying that, but I hope he will because that’s true. But that tells the whole story right there, right? That the CIA is-… Why would the CIA be trying to keep these files classified if they had nothing to do with the murder?

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What Is Secret Service Hiding About Trump Assassination Attempt?

It’s been six weeks since the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the American public’s questions about the nature of the attack and the security failings that led to Trump’s brush with death largely remain unanswered.

Jason Chaffetz, a Fox News contributor and former Utah congressman who once chaired the House Oversight Committee, joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the apparent security failures and ongoing investigations into what transpired in Butler on July 13.

“I thought the extraction was very slow. I thought it was fairly pathetic,” Chaffetz told The Daily Signal. “It’s been illuminated more now that even though he was the Republican nominee, even though he was the former president, he wasn’t getting the full protective detail that a sitting president would get. And I have a problem with that.”

Chaffetz thinks the failures are structural. Poor recruitment and training, as well as heavy workloads, create a perfect storm for the kinds of security lapses witnessed on July 13 in Butler, Chaffetz suggested. These problems have long plagued the Secret Service.

When Chaffetz chaired the House Oversight Committee, he conducted the largest investigation into the Secret Service’s operations in American history. The investigation resulted in a more than 400-page report, “United States Secret Service: An Agency in Crisis.”

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Parents of Trump Shooter Continue With Major Legal Step as Feds Look Into What They Know: Report

The parents of Thomas Matthew Crooks have hired a high-powered legal firm as the investigation continues into their son’s July 13 attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

The firm of Quinn Logue, which is based in Pittsburgh, will represent Matthew Crooks and his wife Mary, according to the Daily Mail.

The firm, founded by some of Pittsburgh’s top attorneys, says it specializes in “criminal defense and civil suits including wrongful death and personal injury.”

The Mail, citing a supposed anonymous family member, reported that as the FBI investigates the shooting, the agency remains uncertain exactly how much the gunman’s parents knew about his plans.

“The FBI still very much has questions about how much they knew and how he [Thomas] slipped through the net,” the source reportedly said.

Prior to the shooting, the parents contacted law enforcement, saying their son had not responded to their attempts to contact him.

Crooks’s parents have made no statement after the shooting, and when confronted by the media have asked to be left alone.

Some Republicans have voiced concerns over the pace of the investigation and the lack of any apparent motive in the shooting, which killed one rallygoer while wounding Trump and two spectators.

“It’s been more than a month since former President Trump’s near-assassination, yet the FBI has still not offered Congress or the public any real insights into Crooks’ motivation,” Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said, according to the New York Post.

“The FBI ought to stop dragging its feet and provide a serious update on their investigation. Every day the FBI, as well as the Secret Service, keep the American people in the dark is another day wasted,” he said.

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Rutgers Prof Who Said She Hoped Trump Shooting Would “Inspire Others” Will Teach This Fall

The Rutgers University professor who was under an internal review after posts she made on Facebook following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, writing “Let’s hope today’s events inspire others” will teach this coming fall.

A source provided Campus Reform with screenshots of the Facebook posts, which were made by Rutgers University Writing Program Assistant Teaching Professor Tracy Budd in the hours after someone tried to assassinate Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

”Let’s hope today’s events inspire others,” Budd said in one post.

”They shot his wig. Sad,” Budd wrote in another.

Rutgers spokeswoman Megan Schumann told NJ.com that Budd is scheduled to teach in the upcoming fall semester.

Previously, a Rutgers spokesperson told the New York Post that Budd was the subject of an internal review.

“Rutgers University-New Brunswick condemns calls for violence in the strongest possible terms and remains committed to upholding the principles of civil discourse,” the university said.

“The university is reviewing this matter and assures that any appropriate actions will be taken based on our policies.”

“As students, faculty and staff return to campus next month, the university will be communicating the importance of civility in these challenging times,” the school added.

According to the New York Post, Budd makes over $72,000 at Rutgers.

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Donald Trump Faced Second Credible Assassination Threat After Three Days of DNC Incitement

After three days of high-profile Democrats — like Barry and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz — smearing Donald Trump as a Nazi-loving racist, sexist, rapist, and con man who will destroy democracy, there was a statewide manhunt in Arizona launched by a credible assassination threat against the former president.

As Breitbart News reported:

An urgent manhunt is underway for an Arizona sex offender who allegedly threatened to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his Thursday visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ronald Lee Syvrud — whom the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office described as a 66-year-old white man who stands at six feet tall, weighs 220 pounds, and wears glasses — allegedly made the unspecified threats on social media[.]

Thankfully, the man was eventually apprehended.

This comes just six weeks after Trump was shot in the face in Pennsylvania and came within a centimeter of being murdered.

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Trump again vows to reopen JFK assassination case — this time with RFK Jr. at his side

Former President Donald Trump unveiled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on stage with him at a Turning Point rally in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday hours after Kennedy suspended his own presidential campaign and threw his support behind Trump.

“He deserves it, he deserves it,” said Trump in response to the applause of his supporters for Kennedy, noting it might be the loudest applause of anyone he ever brought onstage.

“For the past 16 months, Bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for President of the United States,” said Trump, noting that he even “went after me a couple of times.”

Trump then claimed without evidence that Kennedy “would have easily beaten Joe Biden, but they wouldn’t let him in” to the Democratic primary.

Before turning the mic over to Kennedy, Trump vowed to create an independent commission on assassination attempts, which would review the assassination of John F. Kennedy and release all documents on the matter.

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Whistleblower Says Secret Service HQ Told Agents Working Butler Event NOT To Request Additional Manpower Resources For Trump Rally, Warned Such Requests Would Be Denied!

Officials at Secret Service headquarters told agents working Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, not to request additional manpower resources for the July 13th event and warned any such requests would be denied, according to a whistleblower with knowledge of the matter.

The sensational allegation contradicts Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr.’s previous testimony to the Senate, where he repeatedly suggested that no security assets had been denied for the Butler event.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released a scathing letter to Rowe Friday demanding he “explain this apparent contradiction immediately.”

Transcript below (emphasis ours):

Dear Acting Director Rowe,

I have received new whistleblower allegations that again call into question your recent testimony before the Senate. One whistleblower with knowledge of Secret Service planning for former President Trump’s trip to Butler, Pennsylvania alleges that officials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the trip not to request any additional security assets in its formal manpower request-effectively denying these assets through informal means. Yet you have repeatedly suggested that no security assets had been denied for the Butler event. You must explain this apparent contradiction immediately.

According to the whistleblower, the lead advance agent for a protectee trip typically submits a “manpower request” to the local field office. This normally includes the number of personnel and other security assets needed for the event and is submitted to the U.S. Secret Service’s Office of Protective Operations – Manpower (OPO – Manpower) for final approval. According to the allegations, officials within this office preemptively informed the Pittsburgh field office that the Butler rally was not going to receive additional security resources because Trump is a former president and not the incumbent President or Vice President. According to the whistleblower, the manpower request did not include extra security resources because agents on the ground were told not to ask for them in the first place.

Importantly, these resources included counter-sniper teams and Counter Surveillance Division (CSD) personnel. According to public reports, counter-snipers were ultimately approved, but only the day prior to the event-leaving them an insufficient amount of time to conduct a proper site assessment. I have previously written you about a separate whistleblower’s allegations to my office that personnel from CSD would have handcuffed the gunman in the parking lot after he was spotted with a rangefinder, but they were not present on the day. You stated in an August 2 press conference that CSD personnel support former presidents’ details “when requested.” But these new allegations suggest that CSD personnel, counter-sniper teams, and other critical security assets were not included in the manpower request for the Butler trip because Secret Service officials told the requesting agents that they would be denied.

These allegations come despite your testimony to the contrary before the Senate on July 30. When asked whether former President Trump’s team had been denied resources, you stated: “If you’re talking about Butler, Pennsylvania, all assets requested were approved.” You also stated directly to me that you have been “very transparent and forthcoming” with Congress. But according to the allegations, you did not tell the full story.

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Immediate Manhunt Underway in Arizona for Man Who Threatened to Shoot Trump During his Southern Border Visit

Authorities in Arizona have announced an urgent manhunt for a man who allegedly threatened to shoot former President Donald Trump during his visit to the southern border on Thursday.

Ronald Lee Syrvud is wanted for a reported assassination attempt plot in Cochise County, Arizona where Trump is scheduled to visit.

According to police, the 66-year-old has multiple warrants out for his arrest in two states for separate charges. He has a warrant in Wisconsin for a DUI and failing to appear in court and a warrant in Arizona for failing to register as a sex offender and a felony hit and run.

Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels informed the Daily Mail that authorities have increased security ahead of Trump’s speech. He said that the decision was “based on the threats made” and due to the speech taking place “in an open venue.”

Syrvud is said to be six feet tall, weighing in at 220 pounds and wears glasses. His last known address is in Benson, Arizona.

Dannels told the outlet that the threats were received via social media and was unsure about the exact nature of the threats.

“We have zero tolerance for any kind of threats or intents of violence, so we find him. He’ll go to jail,” said Dannels. “He’s a registered sex offender here in Cochise County, and we were looking for him. He’s out of compliance as part of his violations. So we’re looking for him on that.”

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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had encrypted messaging accounts in Belgium, Germany, New Zealand

Trump rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks used encrypted messaging accounts on various platforms located in Belgium, New Zealand and Germany, according to a member of a congressional task force investigating his assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), one of 13 lawmakers tapped to serve on the House bipartisan task force, told reporters at a Wednesday press conference at the Trump Hotel Chicago that the “overseas accounts” piqued his suspicion immediately regarding the shooter’s motives.”

“Why does a 19-year-old kid who is a health care aid need encrypted platforms not even based in the United States, but based abroad – where most terrorist organizations know it is harder for our law enforcement to get into?” asked Waltz.

“That’s a question I’ve had since day one,” the Republican panel member said, before pivoting to bash the US Secret Service and FBI for declining to release the full findings of their investigation into the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally.

“They need to be releasing information as they come across it, because this wasn’t an isolated incident. The threats are continual,” Waltz claimed, citing the alleged “sophisticated plot” by an Pakistani national who paid off purported hitmen to assassinate Trump and other US officials.

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New Footage Shows Trump Shooter Casually Strolling Around PA Rally

New footage has emerged of failed Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks walking around merch stalls at the Butler rally before he attempted to kill the Republican nominee.

Crooks is seen walking by vendors dressed in the same grey t-shirt, shorts and sneakers he was later seen in while taking aim at Trump on the sloped rooftop.

The footage was posted to TikTok by a user called IronCladUSA, with the caption “Terrifying moment…looking back at my videos from the PA Butler Trump rally on 7/13/24. We were there just trying to sell our patriotic hats from my small business.”

“Captured a video of Thomas Matthew Crooks…just before the assassination attempt occurred,” the caption notes, adding “interesting he was wearing shorts instead of pants, which he later had on, and he has no bags with him at this moment.”

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