The Plot to Kill Trump: Back to Butler 

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(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, 3 months aft surviving an assassination attempt.

"Exactly 12 weeks ago, this evening, connected this precise ground, a cold-blooded assassin aimed to soundlessness me," Trump told the assemblage astatine the Butler fairgrounds, wherever helium was joined for the archetypal clip astatine a rally by Elon Musk.

Security was noticeably heightened for Trump's instrumentality visit, with snipers positioned astir the perimeter and accrued local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement presence.

A Senate investigation has revealed important information failures starring up to the attempt. The Secret Service, which precocious saw its manager measurement down, acknowledged it failed to decently unafraid the perimeter and couldn't adjacent find who was successful complaint of assorted information assignments.

This peculiar report, "The Plot to Kill Trump: Back to Butler," explores the investigation, instrumentality enforcement failures and what went wrong.

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Trump returns to Butler, Penn., with Musk successful tow

Musk joined Trump at his rally Saturday successful Butler, the Pennsylvania metropolis wherever the Republican statesmanlike nominee survived an assassination effort earlier this year.

He took the signifier connected Saturday to praise the GOP statesmanlike nominee and slam Democrats helium claimed “want to instrumentality distant your close to vote, effectively.”

“The existent trial of someone’s quality is however they behave nether fire. We had 1 president who couldn’t ascent a formation of stairs and different who was fist pumping aft getting shot,” Musk said, swiping astatine President Biden.

Before Trump’s entrance, his moving mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, referred to the attempted assassination, joining successful connected the Democratic blasted game.

“Even aft that unspeakable assassination effort that took 1 man’s beingness and astir took galore others, they proceed to usage dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric,” Vance said. “The media has continued to telephone Donald Trump, the feline who really won his primary, a menace to Democracy.”

Trump began his rally with a infinitesimal of soundlessness for the firefighter who was killed during the attack. Speaking astatine the aforesaid location, Trump said clip stopped connected July 13 and called the shooter an "evil villain."

Supporters: Butler rally was 'exciting,' not 'scary'

Rallygoers Heather Hertig and Shelly Nadler attended some erstwhile President Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rallies. Rather than beryllium frightened upon instrumentality to the tiny metropolis wherever shots rang out, the brace told NewsNation's Brian Entin that Saturday's lawsuit felt similar "camaraderie."

"You consciousness similar a portion of it. Now, alternatively of conscionable coming to spot Trump talk, it's much of an emotional, similar you're a portion of things ... It's not conscionable an election. It's astir togetherness," Hertig told NewsNation.

"I felt similar I needed to person immoderate closure, due to the fact that it was conscionable truthful surreal erstwhile we were present the past time, and it was truthful traumatic," Nadler added.

Why don't we cognize much astir Thomas Crooks? 

Twelve weeks aft the archetypal effort connected Trump's beingness astatine a Pennsylvania rally, small is known astir his shooter's motive and background.

Local authorities spotted the accused shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, aggregate times earlier helium opened fire, including with a scope finder astatine 5:38 p.m. Despite alerts to command, effectual enactment wasn't taken earlier Crooks fired from the extortion of a adjacent gathering astatine 6:12 p.m.

"This was a nonaccomplishment connected the portion of the United States Secret Service," said Ronald Rowe, the agency's acting director. "It's important that we clasp ourselves accountable."

Three months aft the shooting, investigators person released small accusation astir Crooks oregon his motives. While they cognize helium planned the onslaught done net searches and signifier astatine a weapon range, nary manifesto oregon mentation has emerged.

NewsNation's Sean Noone, Anna Kutz, Damita Menezes and The Hill contributed to this report.