In a startling turn of events, billionaire investor Bill Ackman recently took to Twitter to share an audacious claim regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The claim, however, was swiftly retracted, leaving followers and observers in a state of bewilderment.
According to the Daily Mail, Ackman had shared a video that challenged the prevailing narrative of Thomas Matthew Crooks being the sole gunman involved in the assassination attempt. The video, produced by economist Dr. Chris Martenson, posited that the shooting was an orchestrated act by the so-called 'Deep State'. Martenson's analysis of audio from the rally suggested the presence of a second shooter, who was allegedly positioned approximately 100ft away from Crooks' rooftop location.
Martenson's analysis presented audio clips that he claimed indicated the presence of a third shooter, in addition to Crooks and the sniper who ultimately killed him. Ackman, in his now-deleted tweet, stated that the video "makes a highly credible case that there were at least two shooters/assassins who attempted to kill" Donald Trump. However, he tempered his endorsement of the theory by admitting his lack of expertise in the field and welcoming further analysis and rebuttal.
Despite the swift removal of the controversial tweet, many of Ackman's followers had already seen and commented on it. The billionaire investor then shared another post that included what he termed as an "extremely impressive rebuttal to the multiple shooter theory."
Dr. Martenson, the creator of the contentious video, defended his theory by stating, "I am a gun nerd. I reload, have spent many hours at the range, gotten lots of gun training, and shot well over 250,000 rounds from pistols and many different caliber rifles over the course of the past 40 years. And I have common sense, which is the key."
Despite Martenson's claims, neither the Federal Bureau of Investigation nor law enforcement have mentioned the possibility of a second shooter since the assassination attempt on July 13. However, a CNN article published two days later reported that as many as three weapons were fired at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Martenson, who holds a PhD from Duke University, used this report as evidence in his 32-minute video, asserting that Crooks did not act alone. He analyzed audio signatures from two videos captured during the shooting, aligning the explosion of the bullets leaving the weapon with their arrival. His analysis suggested that shots one, two, four, and five were fired by Crooks, while the third and sixth shots were fired from a different location.
"The lone shooter theory is 100 percent false," Martenson concluded, suggesting a more complex operation behind the assassination attempt.
The shooting incident, which occurred during a rally in Pennsylvania, saw Trump shot in the ear by Thomas Matthew Crooks, a registered Republican who had previously donated to Joe Biden. The incident resulted in chaos, with one person in the crowd killed.
The assassination attempt has significantly impacted the political landscape, already fraught with tension ahead of the presidential election in November. Despite the attempt on his life, Trump was formally nominated by the Republican Party to stand for the faction in the upcoming election.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised within the Democratic Party regarding Joe Biden's health. Amid efforts to prove his fitness for a second term, it was announced that the President tested positive for COVID. This development has added another layer of complexity to an already tense political climate, with the implications of this assassination attempt and its surrounding theories yet to be fully understood.
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