Butler rally widow claims Trump attack was inside job

Two years after a fatal shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the widow of the slain attendee has publicly stated her belief that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was an "inside job" involving the government. Helen Comperatore, whose husband Corey was killed on July 13, 2024, expressed her views in a recent interview, renewing calls for a full accounting of the attack that left her family grieving and the nation shaken.

Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter and father of two, died after being shot while using his body to shield his wife and daughters. The gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired multiple rounds from a rooftop approximately 130 to 150 yards from the stage before being killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper. Trump was grazed in the ear, and two other spectators were wounded.

In her interview, Helen Comperatore stated she does not believe there was a second shooter at the scene but is convinced Crooks did not act alone. "I believe he was working with somebody," she said. "I believe it was an inside job, inside the government somewhere." When asked if she believed the motive was political, she...