Law enforcement officials investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump told lawmakers Wednesday in an unclassified briefing that 20 minutes passed between the time U.S. Secret Service snipers first spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks on the roof and the time shots were fired, according to several law enforcement officials and lawmakers briefed on the matter.
According to this source, briefers said the snipers spotted him on the roof at 5:52 p.m. The shooting happened at 6:12 p.m., 20 minutes later.
The briefing was conducted by the FBI director, his deputy director and the head of the United States Secret Service.
In addition, briefers told lawmakers Crooks was identified as a person of interest a full 62 minutes before the shooting took place.
Source-ABC
