Bill Ackman tweets then deletes wild claim about Trump assassination
Billionaire Bill Ackman tweeted a wild claim about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on X. Less than 10 minutes later, he deleted the claim.
The investor shared a video arguing that the story that Thomas Matthew Crooks was a “lone gunman” is “100 percent demonstrably false.”
The clip claimed that audio recorded during the meeting suggested there was a second gunman who fired his weapon from about 100 feet away from Crook’s roof.
The evidence, the analysis suggests, would show that forensic experts identified three weapons during the incident and that at least two shots had sound fragments that did not match the other six.
Bill Ackman, who supported Trump after the shooting, reposted the claim that the shooter may not have acted alone. He then quickly deleted the tweet
Billionaire Bill Ackman tweeted a wild claim on X about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, which he then deleted less than 10 minutes later
The clip claimed that audio captured during the meeting suggested there was a second shooter firing from approximately 100 feet away from Crook’s rooftop location.
DailyMail.com has not verified the evidence that Ackman reposted.
Ackman retweeted the clip, saying it “provides very credible evidence that there were at least two shooters/assassins who attempted to kill Donald Trump.”
The billionaire wrapped his wild theory with the comment, “I have no expertise in this area. None. I’m open to further analysis and refutation.”
He deleted the post and shared another one moments later, which contained “an extremely impressive refutation of the multiple shooter theory.”
Despite quickly deleting the conspiracy tweet from his X account, many of Ackman’s followers saw it and responded.
Someone wrote: ‘Bill Ackman deleted the tweet about the multiple shooter theory. Who got you, Ackman?!?!’
While another said: ‘In the least surprising thing ever, Bill Ackman, who was introduced to politics two months ago, has gone from expelling a Harvard president over a DEI panic to promoting a theory about a ‘second shooter’ of Trump based on a video posted by Benny Johnson.’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police have not reported a second shooter since the attempted assassination on Saturday, July 13.
But one CNN An article published on July 15 reported that as many as three weapons were fired during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The report was included as hard evidence in a 32-minute video by Chris Maternson, a Duke University economist with a PhD who is “100 percent” confident that Crook did not act alone.
‘[CNN] said the first three shots matched weapon A and the next f“I agree with the alleged weapon B and the final acoustic pulse being emitted by a third possible weapon. I believe that to be true, and weapon C is the sniper that takes out Crooks,” Maternson said in the video.
This was confirmed by an audio analysis by Cataline Gregor, ddirector of the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado at Denver and Cole Whitecotton, senior professional research associate at Media Forensic.’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement have not reported a second shooter since the attempted assassination on Saturday, July 13.
He deleted the post and moments later quickly shared another one, which contained “an extremely impressive refutation of the multiple shooter theory.”
According to an economist, the evidence was that forensic experts identified three weapons during the incident and that at least two shots showed sound traces that did not match the other six.
To support his case, Maternson cited audio from two videos that show eight bullets flying toward Trump and the crowd behind the former president.
He made a connection between the explosion of the bullets coming from the weapon and its arrival.
The analysis found that the first shot ricocheted off the stage, which matched the bullet that hit Trump in the ear.
‘Shot the same thing twice, [it] “It fits perfectly — it has an echo,” Maternson said.
But the third shot took 0.03 seconds longer to reach the podium where Trump was standing, he claimed.
“That 0.03 second implies that the first and second shots were fired by Crooks, but that someone approximately 25 to 30 yards away fired the third shot.
The video claimed that shots one, two, four and five were definitely from Thomas Matthew Crooks (pictured), but that shots three and six came from an unknown shooter.
‘Then shots four and five match perfectly, but shot six is just as far off again
‘Strokes four and five are perfect, but six is just as far off.’
Maternson stated that photos one, two, four and five were certainly taken by Crooks, as they were the same “snapshots” taken with the microphone closest to the stage.
“The lone gunman theory is 100 percent false,” he continued.
‘From this we can conclude that it was a large-scale operation.’
Donald Trump was shot in Pennsylvania last Saturday night by Thomas Matthew Crooks, a registered Republican who previously donated to Joe Biden.
The GOP candidate was hit in the ear as he turned his head to address the crowd. Chaos ensued after shots rang out, killing one person in the crowd.
The ordeal has shaken the political landscape to its core, with tensions already running high in the run-up to the presidential election in November.
Just days after he was nearly assassinated, Trump was officially nominated by the Republican Party, at the RNC in Wisconsin, to run for his party in the election later this year.
As Trump recovered from a gunshot to the ear, fears within the Democratic Party were mounting – with many calling for Joe Biden to resign over his failing health. This week, as he battled to prove he was fit to run for a second term, it was announced that the president tested positive for Covid.