Melania Trump questions Trump assassination attempt story: 'We need to uncover the truth'

Former archetypal woman Melania Trump questioned the authoritative relationship of the attempted assassination this summertime of her husband, Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump.

Speaking successful a dramatically produced 30-second video, posted to societal media Tuesday to beforehand her caller memoir, Trump argues determination is "definitely much to the story."

She refers specifically to the nonaccomplishment of instrumentality enforcement to apprehension the shooter, Thomas Crooks, earlier the near-fatal shooting of Donald Trump astatine a run rally successful occidental Pennsylvania.

"The effort to extremity my husband's beingness was a horrible, distressing experience," she says connected the video. "Now the soundlessness astir it feels heavy."

"I can't assistance but wonder, wherefore didn't instrumentality enforcement officials apprehension the shooter earlier the speech?" she said. "There is decidedly much to this story, and we request to uncover the truth."

The video ends with an representation of her caller book, "Melania," and a nexus to bargain copies of it. The publication is being released the 2nd week of October.

CNBC has reached retired to Donald Trump's run to petition remark connected the connection by his wife, which was posted online hours earlier her hubby was owed to statement Vice President Kalama Harris, the Democratic statesmanlike nominee, successful Philadelphia.

The Secret Service, which protects Donald Trump and different erstwhile presidents, has faced aggravated disapproval for its nonaccomplishment to forestall Crooks from firing during the rally successful Butler Township, Pennsylvania, connected July 13. Crooks had positioned himself connected a extortion overlooking the rally tract nearby.

Trump's receptor was deed by gunfire and 1 antheral was killed, erstwhile occurrence main Corey Comperatore. Several different radical were injured earlier Crooks was fatally changeable by the Secret Service.

Crooks was identified by constabulary arsenic suspicious adjacent the rally due to the fact that "he was milling astir and helium stood retired to them due to the fact that helium ne'er made his mode to a constituent of ingress to the venue," Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris said astatine a House Homeland Security Committee proceeding connected July 23.

Crooks was aboriginal spotted by constabulary carrying a scope finder, according to Paris.

He fired disconnected rounds from a firearm aft a Butler Township constabulary serviceman hoisted himself up to the borderline of the roof, lone to spot Crooks pointing a weapon astatine him.

Kimberly Cheatle, who had been the Secret Service's manager astatine the clip of the shooting, resigned connected July 23, a time aft members of a House of Representatives committee lambasted her and the Secret Service implicit their handling of the shooting.