These two videos reveal much. They both indicate the Secret Service refused use of communication devices offered by local law enforcement. But there is also an assertion that Thomas Crooks was identified as someone who should have been detained long before the shooting took place:
Ben Shaffer, a SWAT counter sniper protecting Donald Trump during the J13 assassination attempt, says the Secret Service declined radios from local law enforcement and didn’t station anyone in the communication center.
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 26, 2024
Instead, they asked local law enforcement to relay… pic.twitter.com/uZQh7TSJjC