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After the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, multiple people shared a post online claiming to be from a sniper working at the rally.
The viral post, which originally appeared on the online message board 4chan but spread to other social media platforms, says, “My name is Jonathan Willis, I’m the officer in the famous photo of the two snipers on the roof at Trump’s rally. I came here to inform the public that I had the assassin in my sights for at least 3 minutes, but the head of the secret service refused to give the order to take out the perp. 100% the top brass prevented me from killing the assassin before he took the shots at president Trump.”
Several VERIFY readers, including Alicia and Rob, asked us to look into the post’s legitimacy.
THE QUESTION
Is a viral post claiming to be from a sniper at Trump’s rally legitimate?
THE SOURCES
Secret Service spokesperson
Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson
Butler Police Department
RevEye, a reverse image search tool
Original photo taken by the Associated Press
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jonathan-willis-4chan-secret-service-sniper-fired/
After the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, multiple people shared a post online claiming to be from a sniper working at the rally.
The viral post, which originally appeared on the online message board 4chan but spread to other social media platforms, says, “My name is Jonathan Willis, I’m the officer in the famous photo of the two snipers on the roof at Trump’s rally. I came here to inform the public that I had the assassin in my sights for at least 3 minutes, but the head of the secret service refused to give the order to take out the perp. 100% the top brass prevented me from killing the assassin before he took the shots at president Trump.”
Several VERIFY readers, including Alicia and Rob, asked us to look into the post’s legitimacy.
THE QUESTION
Is a viral post claiming to be from a sniper at Trump’s rally legitimate?
THE SOURCES
Secret Service spokesperson
Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson
Butler Police Department
RevEye, a reverse image search tool
Original photo taken by the Associated Press
