Veteran who holds world record for longest confirmed sniper kill weighs in on Trump assassination attempt

A seasoned whose squad holds nan world grounds for longest confirmed sniper kills has weighed successful connected nan assassination effort of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

Dallas Alexander, who spent 14 years successful a sniper squad for nan Canadian subject doing adjacent protection for awesome world leaders including nan Canadian premier minister, suggested successful a video that nan 20-year-old who opened occurrence astatine nan erstwhile president's rally Saturday nighttime whitethorn person had thief from nan inside.

'I'm very acquainted pinch nan layout of these types of things and what nan occupation should be, and yesterday what happened, I person nary doubts successful my mind that nan shooter had thief from location wrong an agency, an statement aliases nan government,' he said successful a video posted to his Instagram and X account. 

Authorities person said nan gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, laid down connected nan tile of a building conscionable 130 yards from wherever Trump was speaking - successful afloat position of his supporters arsenic he fired towards nan stage.

But Alexander says he should not person been capable to get that close.

'The 2nd I saw that aerial photograph of what they said happened - it instantly made nary consciousness to me,' he said.

'You cannot, successful wide daylight, get onto a rooftop within, what looked for illustration a mates 100 yards if that [of nan president]. You can't get successful that position pinch a weapon erstwhile there's a president speaking.

'It cannot beryllium done,' Alexander insisted.

'Like, you don't moreover person to beryllium a sniper - it's nan astir f****** evident thing, astir evident spot successful nan full world.

'You could beryllium for illustration a seventh-grader - for illustration "What do we person to do for security?" Well, let's look astatine these rooftops that are almost wrong zeroing scope of a rifle,' he joked.

'So thing happened, and I'm not pointing fingers astatine anyone. It's conscionable excessively evident that this feline had thief getting there.

'So whether it's personification turned a unsighted oculus aliases it was strategically planned, it had to beryllium planned to a definite level,  because events for illustration that, information for illustration that, it's not a mini point - and that is an evident spot to be.' 

Alexander went connected to opportunity that he would find it 'very weird' that if 'someone is bully capable to stalk wrong 200 yards of 1 of nan hardest-to-stalk targets successful nan full world,' they would not miss nan shot.

'Like if you person nan accomplishment group to get successful there, avoiding each these security, each different layers of security, past you will person nan skillset to deed that first round,' he explained.

'It conscionable doesn't make immoderate sense.'

The slug apparently intended for Trump connected Saturday nighttime whizzed by his correct cheek, and struck his correct ear.

'So my sentiment is - and whether this comes retired now aliases measurement later - is that this feline had thief from somewhere, and I deliberation that's evidently concerning,' Alexander said.

'I deliberation it's going to beryllium a while, it's each your going to spot for nan adjacent small while,' he added.

'Anyway, conscionable because I support getting asked, that's my 2 cents.'

Alexander's video comes arsenic some Republicans and Democrats request an urgent investigation into nan Secret Service's consequence to nan shooting.

Witnesses person said they warned cops astir a man armed pinch an AR-style rifle climbing connected apical of a building.

He was besides spotted and past watched by rule enforcement astatine nan Trump rally tract because they sensed thing wasn't right, according to reports. But past they mislaid show of them earlier nan carnage unfolded.  

Some officials person since suggested that nan Secret Service should person conducted regular checks to destruct each imaginable threats.

In a damning connection connected Saturday night, FBI Special Agent Kevin Rojek besides said it was 'surprising' Crooks managed to occurrence disconnected truthful galore shots earlier he was changeable dormant by agents.

There were besides allegations that Trump's squad asked for much protection connected nan run but was rebuffed.

The Secret Service has since denied those claims, but are still nether immense scrutiny for what has been called an 'absolute failure'.

President Joe Biden, addressing Americans from nan White House Sunday, promised an 'independent review' into what happened astatine nan rally.

'I'm directing an independent reappraisal connected nationalist information [at] yesterday's rally to measure precisely what happened, and we'll stock nan results of that independent reappraisal pinch nan American group arsenic well,' Biden stated.

Former Secret Service supplier Joseph LaSorsa besides told DailyMail.com that protection needs to beryllium upped for erstwhile presidents and Trump will now almost person nan aforesaid protection arsenic President Joe Biden. 

He besides explained why agents from nan nether occurrence agency whitethorn not person been capable to spot nan gunman. 

'Remember they’re watching 360 and you’re dealing pinch seconds. They’re monitoring possibly successful that lawsuit it mightiness person been 240 degrees. 

'They’re looking astatine galore areas and it only took seconds for that individual to get up location and luckily he was a 20 twelvemonth aged and not a superior marksman. 

'Luckily for each of america arsenic a state that he was only 20.'

He added: 'Had he not been taken retired he would person been capable to proceed reshooting. 

'The truth that location was a antagonistic sniper squad that took him retired is rather fortuitous and very fortunate for nan country, because this could person been a 1000 times worse.'

House Republicans now scheme to bring Secret Service caput Kimberly Cheatle for what is expected to beryllium heated questioning connected July 22, arsenic lawmakers request answers.