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Law enforcement officials briefed lawmakers Wednesday on the timeline surrounding the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, revealing that there was a 20-minute interval from when U.S. Secret Service snipers initially detected the gunman on a rooftop to when shots were fired at the former president. According to ABC News, Secret Service snipers identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 years old, on the roof of a building outside the rally’s security perimeter in Butler, Pennsylvania, at 5:52 p.m. ET. The shooting occurred at 6:12 p.m. ET, marking the passage of 20 minutes. Read: House Speaker Mik…

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