What did Donald Trump claim about investigations on 25 Apr 2026?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
But even Butler, uh, we had a, uh, our sniper, sniper on our side within 4.2 seconds from a distance of about 400 yards.
The Secret Service counter-snipers who killed the Butler gunman were about 200 yards away, half the distance he claimed.
The Secret Service counter-snipers in the Hercules 1 position on the south barn, whose shot killed the gunman, were approximately 200 yards from the AGR building roof he fired from (Senate Homeland Security Committee final report, July 2025, citing the counter-sniper's sworn transcribed interview). The counter-sniper team leader told the committee that 'at 200 yards' the wind adjustment was minimal (HSGAC bipartisan interim report, Sept. 2024).
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- A press conference at the White House after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The record
Primary source (transcribed interview)