One of Donald Trump’s closest associates has revealed the horror of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, as part of a new documentary.
Margo Martin recounted the harrowing events of July 13 for the docuseries produced by the Tucker Carlson Network, the art of golf.
The 28-year-old is seen in heartbreaking footage on the edge of the rally site, watching as panicked Trump supporters saw gunman Thomas Crooks crawl onto a roof just seconds before he opened fire.
Chilling footage shows Martin looking in Crooks’ direction before gunshots erupt and she turns to run away.
“I knew almost immediately it was a gun. “All I remember is running through the open field with the bullets coming from behind me and I had no idea where they were going,” Martin said.
Chilling footage shows Margo Martin running from the shooting and taking cover behind a vehicle
A second video clip shows Martin at the edge of the rally, watching the commotion where Trump supporters had spotted gunman Thomas Crooks. She is then seen turning away (pictured) and taking cover as shots erupt
Martin said: ‘I knew it was a gun almost straight away, all I remember is running across the open field with the bullets coming from behind me and I had no idea where they were going’
“I found the nearest car next to me and sat behind a car wheel.”
A second video clip, taken from an officer’s bodycam footage, shows her ducking behind a vehicle as chaos breaks out.
Martin described how during rallies she usually stays near the stage in a secured area known as the buffer.
But she decided to go to the edge of the rally site that day to film from a different angle.
“For whatever reason, I decided to walk around that day and look for content elsewhere. So I walked up to the gate, and that’s when I actually saw the commotion happening across the street,” Martin said.
A crowd of Trump supporters who were just feet away from shooter Crooks spotted him on the roof and began shouting to alert police.
But before the Secret Service had time to react, he shot Trump – the bullet whizzing through the ex-president’s ear.
Trump’s response in the aftermath will go down as one of the most iconic political moments in history, as he stood up, raised his fist and shouted to the crowd, “Fight, fight, fight.”
Carlson’s new documentary features new footage captured by the filmmakers as the carnage unfolded, including Secret Service agents diving on top of Trump staffers close to the stage and bloodied members of the crowd running in panic.
Corey Comperatore, a firefighter, was killed by one of the shots that missed Trump. Two other rally goers were injured.
Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by Secret Service agents as he is taken off stage during a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13
Police snipers return fire after shots were fired as Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, spoke at a campaign event in Butler, July 13
Margo Martin and Donald Trump aboard the Trump Organization’s Boeing 757, dubbed Trump Force One
Two days after the shooting, the Republican National Convention kicked off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Martin said there was no doubt in Trump’s mind that he would be at the convention.
“I saw him for the first time when we left the hospital and arrived at the airport,” she said.
“We were all sitting around the TV watching what had just happened, there was no time to even process it, we were on our way in no time, we had the RNC in a few days – there was no doubt in his mind, he was When I went to the RNC, there would be no changes to the schedule.”
Trump triumphantly entered the convention on Monday evening, wearing a bandage around his ear.
Donald Trump kisses former first lady Melania Trump after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18
The ex-president appeared moved by the reaction of the crowd who chanted “fight” as he made his way to his family and top campaign staff.
Joe Biden dropped out of the race just days later as Trump opened up a lead in the polls.
Trump would be targeted again in a second assassination attempt at his golf club in Palm Beach on September 15.
The shootings have failed to halt Trump’s campaign and with just five days before the country votes, he appears more likely than ever to win the White House.
According to Real Clear Politics averages, the Republican candidate leads in every swing state.
Meanwhile, the betting odds imply a 64 percent chance of him winning on November 5, putting his odds on par with those in the aftermath of the first assassination attempt.
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