# Widow of man killed in Butler Trump assassination attempt claims it was an 'inside job'

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Publisher: The Mirror · published 2026-07-17 · read 2026-07-18

Original: https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/widow-man-killed-butler-trump-1939873

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## Who is named (4)

- [Helen Comperatore](https://truthscore.com/entity/0732dc22)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [Secret Service](https://truthscore.com/entity/63a67dad)
- [Thomas Crooks](https://truthscore.com/entity/aeedf9bf)

## What it added

- [The shooting was an inside job within the government.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4c26a82a)
  > I believe it was an inside job, inside the government somewhere
- [Shooter Thomas Crooks was not acting alone and there was a massive political plot to assassinate President Donald Trump.](https://truthscore.com/claim/eaadc3d5)
  > She added that she believes the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, was not acting alone and there was a massive political plot to assassinate President Trump
- [There is no verifiable evidence that suggests a conspiracy behind the assassination attempt.](https://truthscore.com/claim/439bb688)
  > Nevertheless, there is currently no verifiable evidence that suggests there was a conspiracy behind the high-profile assassination attempt
- [Shooter Thomas Crooks was neutralized at the scene.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ec51d1bb)
  > the shooter, Crooks, was neutralized at the scene
- [The Secret Service did not receive 102 local radio transmissions about Thomas Crooks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/88e593b2)
  > the Secret Service reportedly did not receive 102 local radio transmissions about Crooks
- [The Secret Service only got five calls and three texts about the would-be assassin.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5d3fdac3)
  > the Secret Service only got five calls and three texts about the would-be assassin
- [Helen Comperatore received no contact from the Secret Service until summer 2025 and the agency did not provide full responses to her questions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fdea7295)
  > The widow says she received no contact with the Secret Service until a year after the incident, in summer 2025, and even then, she said the agency did not provide full responses to her looming questions
- [The Secret Service got everything wrong leading up to the shooting.](https://truthscore.com/claim/32046a53)
  > Comperatore said that Secret Service got “everything” wrong leading up to the shooting
- [Helen Comperatore made a direct plea to President Donald Trump to take the investigation of the shooting into his own hands.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b24beb30)
  > Comperatore proceeded to make a direct plea to President Trump, asking him to take the investigation of the shooting into his own hands
- [Two years have passed since President Donald Trump’s ear was grazed in Butler during the failed assassination attempt.](https://truthscore.com/claim/246b86cb)
  > Two years have passed since President Trump’s ear was grazed in Butler during a failed assassination attempt at a rally for the 2024 presidential election
- [Shooter Thomas Crooks left no manifesto or explanation for his decision to attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.](https://truthscore.com/claim/685ee240)
  > He left no manifesto or explanation for his decision to attempt to assassinate President Trump
- [Shooter Thomas Crooks had little online activity, making it increasingly difficult to build a profile.](https://truthscore.com/claim/484d9396)
  > He also had little online activity, making it increasingly difficult to build a profile for him
- [Local law enforcement was aware of a suspicious person who later turned out to be Thomas Crooks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c42ea3a8)
  > The report says that local law enforcement was aware of a suspicious person, who later turned out to be Crooks

## Questions it bears on

- [What caused the Secret Service to fail to receive warnings?](https://truthscore.com/question/cf3619a6)

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