REPORTER I SPOKE TO A RETIRED FBI AGENT WHO SAYS TO EXPECT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO BE THROWN AT THIS INVESTIGATION FROM MULTIPLE LEVELS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS THREAT WAS MISSED AND HOW THIS WOULD BE. ASSASSIN WAS ABLE TO GET SO CLOSE TO POSSIBLY KILLING A FORMER PRESIDENT. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE FBI SAYS THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS, WELL UNDERWAY. THE AGENCY NOW HAS ACCESS TO THE SHOOTER’S PHONE, HAS FULLY SEARCHED HIS RESIDENCE AND CAR, AND HAS CONDUCTED NEARLY 100 INTERVIEWS. THEY WOULD HAVE, UH, RESOURCES FLOODING IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THEY WOULD HANDLE IT LIKE THEY HANDLE ANY CRIME SCENE. FORMER SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT AND FBI HISTORIAN RAYMOND VINAS SAYS THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RATHER QUICK, FOCUSED ON WHERE THE ATTEMPT TOOK PLACE. BETHEL, PENNSYLVANIA FROM WHAT’S BEEN MADE PUBLIC SO FAR, THE SHOOTER DIDN’T HAVE TIES TO ANY SORT OF TERRORIST OR FOREIGN ORGANIZATION. THIS WAS JUST A VERY TRAGIC INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS THE LONE ASSASSIN. UH, AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HE FIT THE PROFILE OF A LONE ASSASSIN, SOMEONE WHO WAS BEEN MARGINALIZED, A YOUNG MAN WHO’S BEEN MARGINALIZED HIS WHOLE LIFE. THE AGENCY FACING THE MOST SCRUTINY IS SECRET SERVICE, WHO WILL HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT WRONG. BETHANY SAYS THE FBI PLAYS A MINOR ROLE IN THAT AS WELL, AS THEY SUPPLY THREAT REPORTS FOR ANY SITE. A PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT MAY VISIT. LIKE WHEN TRUMP CAME TO TULSA IN 2020. LET ME GET MY SHOES ON. ANY THREAT INFORMATION THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? UH, ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA WHO ARE MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE, UH, THE CANDIDATE? ARE THERE ANY GROUPS THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF. AND WE DID GET A STATEMENT FROM THE FBI FIELD OFFICE HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY SAYING THAT PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS BECOME A BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY IN RECENT YEARS, AS THE NUMBER OF CERTAIN THREATS HAVE INCREASED, THEY SEE ANY SORT OF THREAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE FBI. IN OKC, AT ONE 800, CALL FBI. REPORTING LI
Former FBI agent details what investigation into Trump's assassination attempt could look like
The agency now has access to the shooter's phone, has fully searched his residence and car, and has conducted nearly 100 interviews
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Updated: 5:53 PM CDT Jul 15, 2024
The FBI has been tasked with figuring out how and why a 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, but what will that investigation look like? A retired FBI special agent said to expect a lot of resources from multiple levels to be thrown at the investigation, all of which will be dedicated to figuring out how the threat was missed and how the shooter was able to get so close to killing the former president. The agency now has access to the shooter's phone, has fully searched his residence and car, and has conducted nearly 100 interviews. "They would have resources flooding in from all over the country, and they would handle it like they handle any crime scene," Raymond Batvinis, a retired FBI agent, said. Batvinis, a former supervisory special agent and FBI historian, said the investigation will be rather quick and focused on Butler, Pennsylvania, where the attempt took place. From what has been made public so far, the shooter didn't have ties to any sort of terrorist or foreign organization. "This was just a very tragic individual who was the lone assassin. Again, from my perspective, he fit the profile of a lone assassin, someone who’s been marginalized his whole life," Batvinis said. The agency facing the most scrutiny is the Secret Service, which will have to do its own investigation into what went wrong. The FBI plays a minor role in that, as they supply threat reports for any site a president or former president may visit, including when Trump came to Tulsa in 2020, according to Batvinis. "Any threat information that we should be aware of: Are they any individuals in the area who are making threats against the candidate? Are there any groups that we should be aware of?" Batvinis said.The FBI field office in Oklahoma City sent KOCO 5 a statement on the attempt and the agency's effort to protect the American people. “While the mission of the FBI remains the same — protect the American people and uphold the Constitution — it has become a bigger responsibility in recent years as the volume of certain threats increases," the FBI field office said in a statement. "We ask members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement or to FBI Oklahoma City at 1-800-CALL FBI." Top Headlines'Something serious happened here': Rallygoer seen behind Trump when gunfire erupted speaks outTrump has rewritten his RNC speech after being the target of an attempted assassination3-year-old girl dies after wreck along Interstate 35Get the Facts: What we know about the 20-year-old suspect who tried to assassinate Donald TrumpTrump rally shooting victim Corey Comperatore was firefighter, died protecting family
The FBI has been tasked with figuring out how and why a 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, but what will that investigation look like?
A retired FBI special agent said to expect a lot of resources from multiple levels to be thrown at the investigation, all of which will be dedicated to figuring out how the threat was missed and how the shooter was able to get so close to killing the former president.
The agency now has access to the shooter's phone, has fully searched his residence and car, and has conducted nearly 100 interviews.
"They would have resources flooding in from all over the country, and they would handle it like they handle any crime scene," Raymond Batvinis, a retired FBI agent, said.
Batvinis, a former supervisory special agent and FBI historian, said the investigation will be rather quick and focused on Butler, Pennsylvania, where the attempt took place.
From what has been made public so far, the shooter didn't have ties to any sort of terrorist or foreign organization.
"This was just a very tragic individual who was the lone assassin. Again, from my perspective, he fit the profile of a lone assassin, someone who’s been marginalized his whole life," Batvinis said.
The agency facing the most scrutiny is the Secret Service, which will have to do its own investigation into what went wrong. The FBI plays a minor role in that, as they supply threat reports for any site a president or former president may visit, including when Trump came to Tulsa in 2020, according to Batvinis.
"Any threat information that we should be aware of: Are they any individuals in the area who are making threats against the candidate? Are there any groups that we should be aware of?" Batvinis said.
The FBI field office in Oklahoma City sent KOCO 5 a statement on the attempt and the agency's effort to protect the American people.
“While the mission of the FBI remains the same — protect the American people and uphold the Constitution — it has become a bigger responsibility in recent years as the volume of certain threats increases," the FBI field office said in a statement. "We ask members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement or to FBI Oklahoma City at 1-800-CALL FBI."
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