Disinformation surges after Trump assassination attempt | VOA News

It’s a photo that made headlines around the world. But how are media framing the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and how fast has disinformation about events Saturday spread? VOA takes a look.

U.S. authorities are investigating how a young gunman managed to get to a rooftop vantage point last Saturday to shoot former President Donald Trump during a political rally when local police were in the warehouse beneath the gunman and just outside.

“There was local police in that building. There was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building,” Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told ABC News.

At outdoor events like Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last weekend, the Secret Service — the key federal government security protection agency for current and former presidents and their families — controlled the inner perimeter closest to Trump, while leaving the outer perimeter, including the warehouse, to be monitored by local police.

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