Bizarre new Trump shooting theory emerges as lawmaker drops bombshell about 'second bullet'

A Republican lawmaker is floating a bombshell caller mentation that Donald Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was really changeable aggregate times. 

The revelation of the 'second bullet' mentation came astatine the extremity of a congressional proceeding Thursday aimed astatine investigating the deadly assassination effort on July 13 successful Butler, Pennsylvania. 

Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins asked Dr. Ariel Goldschmidt, the aesculapian examiner of Allegheny County who conducted the autopsy connected Thomas Matthew Crooks, if a 2nd slug could person struck Crooks. 

'You stated that determination was lone 1 slug wound,' Higgins told the doctor. 'I judge that you had lone 1 observable slug wound.'

Then helium asked a shocking question.  

'Could the injuries connected Crooks's shoulders person been caused by a operation of changeable fig 9 and changeable fig ten?' Higgins, a erstwhile instrumentality enforcement official, stunningly inquired. 

The Republican specifically wanted to cognize if Crooks was deed by the ninth changeable fired that day. 

Crooks was killed by the tenth changeable that rang out, a information corroborated successful legislature testimony. 

But earlier successful the proceeding earlier the House Task Force assigned to analyse Trump's myriad assassination attempts, a section instrumentality enforcement authoritative testified that an Emergency Services Unit (ESU) sniper nether his bid changeable at, and seemingly impacted, Crooks earlier helium was fatally shot. 

'Could the injuries connected Crooks's shoulders person been caused by a combined interaction of Butler County ESU changeable fig 9 striking determination successful the vicinity of the butt banal of of Crooks's firearm and immoderate some fragmenting from that impact?' Higgins asked. 'Is that possible?' 

Goldschmidt responded: 'No, I don't judge so.'

Higgins changeable back: 'Does that mean it's possible?'

Again the doc said: 'No, it's not possible.'

The Louisianan again launched his mentation astatine the aesculapian examiner. 

'The FBI recovered nary different bullets, that's our understanding, nary different projectiles, different than the partial projectile that you recovered from his shoulder.'

'So you don't cognize wherever changeable fig 9 went bash you doctor?' Higgins asked. 

The doc responded successful the affirmative.

Then Higgins projected a truly bizarre mentation akin to the Silver Bullet conspiracy that cropped up successful the aftermath of erstwhile President John F. Kennedy's assassination.  

'You're saying it's not imaginable that changeable fig 9 went each the mode done Crooks, and you had nary mode of knowing that, due to the fact that it was successful the aforesaid coiled that was further affected by changeable fig ten,' Higgins said. 

His mentation appeared to beryllium that Crooks was deed by 2 bullets and they some entered the aforesaid determination connected the shooters body. 

One slug went cleanable done Crooks, Higgins suggested, portion the different was logged successful his assemblage and was aboriginal recovered by the aesculapian examiner. 

'There was nary evidence' of that theory, Goldschmidt said. 

Then Higgins seemed to find solace successful the examiner's answer.

'There you go,' the lawmaker responded to the doctor. 

'So that's antithetic than impossible,' Higgins said cracking a smirk arsenic though his 'second bullet' mentation was vindicated. 

The lawsuit was a unusual speech to a hourslong proceeding that uncovered galore caller findings from witnesses from the Keystone State.   

Law enforcement witnesses, galore who were contiguous astatine the rally during the shooting, elaborate grisly aspects that unfolded during the messy time during a nationalist hearing.

That includes the nonstop infinitesimal shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was taken retired by a antagonistic sniper, conscionable seconds aft helium changeable the erstwhile president.

The officials expressed remorse implicit the decease and carnage that ensued that day, and the lapses successful mentation and connection with the U.S. Secret Service that led up to it. 

In addition, the long-awaited results of a bid of tests conducted during Crooks' autopsy are yet being released. 

Opening the hearing, Chairman of the Trump Assassination Task Force Mike Kelly, R-Pa., said the Secret Service's miscommunication led to confusion.

He likened it to the bureau playing a crippled of telephone during the crisis.

Kelly told the witnesses helium sought clarity connected the tragic events from July 13, and fto them begin.

Mr. Edward Lenz, Sergeant, Adams Township Police Department, Commander, Butler County Emergency Services Unit (ESU) opened up the proceeding with his testimony. 

He was successful complaint of a ample 44 subordinate Emergency Service Unit that intimately assisted the Secret Service, much officers than the bureau requested. 

His wife, a aesculapian professional, adjacent aided immoderate wounded that day, helium added. 

Lenz testified that astatine nary constituent during the mentation was the section ESU asked to unafraid the AGR analyzable from wherever Thomas Matthew Crooks changeable from.

Nor were they asked to enactment anyone connected the roof. 

They did, however, person a sniper connected the barn adjacent to Trump. 

He described however that sniper changeable astatine Crooks six seconds aft the archetypal shots astatine the erstwhile president sounded off.

That ESU sniper nether his bid changeable astatine Crooks from 110 yards, helium testified. 

'When shots rang retired helium rapidly was capable to place wherever the shots were coming from,' Lenz told the panel.

'He observed the shooter, shouldered his rifle, helium acquired his target, and helium fired 1 changeable astatine the shooter which caused him to recoil and concisely autumn retired of site.'

That idiosyncratic saw done his scope Crooks recoil aft firing, indicating that the 20-year-old was deed by the round, oregon astatine slightest frightened. 

Lenz testified that the ESU shooter was 'very confident' that the changeable connected with the target.  

But seconds aft Crooks disappeared pursuing the archetypal volley, the 20-year-old reappeared and was instantly changeable erstwhile more, this clip fatally by the Secret Service. 

Lenz said determination was 'no guidance' from the Secret Service connected wherever helium should presumption his ESU operators.

They were besides not fixed accusation connected rules for engagement from the agency, Lenz said. 

And Crooks's assemblage showed signs that the Secret Service sniper's bullet was the 1 that killed the shooter. 

Dr. Ariel Goldschmidt, the aesculapian examiner of Allegheny County, who conducted the autopsy connected Thomas Matthew Crooks, confirmed Thursday helium was killed by the sniper.

Goldschmidt confirmed that gunshot residue samples were taken.

He determined Crooks died arsenic a effect of a high-velocity gunshot coiled to the caput aft conducting the autopsy the greeting of July 14. 

The entranceway coiled was conscionable supra Crooks's lip, helium testified.  

Then connected July 22 his assemblage was released to the ceremonial location astatine the directive of the region coroner.

Goldschmidt besides revealed that anterior to his reappraisal of the assemblage it was x-rayed and handled by the FBI. 

The aesculapian examiner besides said that helium does not judge that Crooks' assemblage was impacted by a ninth oregon tenth changeable erstwhile pressed by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., connected whether determination were further wounds discovered during the autopsy. 

Previously Higgins released an autarkic study indicating that the banal of Crooks's weapon could person been deed by gunfire and the resulting shrapnel from the onslaught could person injured the shooter. 

But the doc dispelled that proposition during the proceeding Thursday. 

Higgins besides had raised issues helium encountered aft helium tried to presumption Crooks' assemblage connected August 5 arsenic portion of his ain idiosyncratic inspection.

The erstwhile constabulary skipper said his petition to presumption the assemblage 'caused rather a disturbance and revealed a disturbing fact.'

It was astatine this constituent that helium learned that the FBI had 'released the assemblage for cremation 10 days' aft the shooting successful Butler, Pennsylvania, connected July 13.

Higgins says 'nobody knew' that the assemblage had been returned to the family, including the region coroner and section enforcement. He writes that the coroner inactive had 'legal authorization implicit the body' erstwhile the FBI made this determination and accuses the bureau of 'obstruction'.

John D. Herold, Lieutenant, Pennsylvania State Police, the serviceman successful complaint for the State Police connected July 13, besides testified.

During the proceeding helium said determination were 20 members of his squad determination to enactment the Secret Service, and his bureau provided everything the bureau requested. 

He besides said that his squad was not tasked with securing the AGR gathering from wherever Crooks changeable the erstwhile president. 

The sheet besides played unseen footage of section enforcement officers attempting to face Crooks earlier the shooting. 

The video shows dash-cam footage from a constabulary car showing an serviceman attempting to ascent onto the roof. 

Then the serviceman jumps down from the AGR extortion gathering frantically. 

He appears to injure his ankle and hobbles distant with haste, seemingly afraid. 

It was antecedently reported that an serviceman saw Crooks connected the extortion and tried to attack him earlier the 20-year-old opened fire, and the video confirmed the account.