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The United States Secret Service fatally shot a man outside of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort early Sunday morning.
The USSS shot and killed the man, who was in his early 20s, after he unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at the president's Florida resort around 1:30 a.m., according to the Secret Service.
The man, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was seen carrying what appeared to a shotgun and a fuel can by the north gate of the property, the Secret Service said.
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The Secret Service said its agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confronted the man, and shots were fired by law enforcement; neither the agents nor the deputy were injured.
Notably, Trump was not at his resort in West Palm Beach at the time of the incident; he's in Washington, D.C.
This is breaking news; updates may be added.
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FBI forced to release damning docs revealing chilling new details on Trump's would-be assassin
Judicial Watch obtained heavily redacted documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation showing that law enforcement broadcast radio warnings about an "unknown male acting suspiciously" prior to the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The FBI was forced to release the first records after President Donald Trump's assassination attempt on July 13, 2024, following Judicial Watch's lawsuit against the bureau. A year and a half after the shooting, very little is known about the assassination attempt, the failures leading up to it, and the shooter himself.
'It shouldn't have taken years and a federal lawsuit to get this basic FBI material.'
In the lawsuit, Judicial Watch asked for all records and communications related to Trump's would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, after the FBI failed to comply with a July 2024 FOIA request.
As a result, the FBI was forced to release 37 heavily redacted pages revealing the extent to which law enforcement was aware of "suspicious" activity leading up to the deadly shooting.
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One investigative report found that law enforcement flagged a suspicious male wearing a gray T-shirt with "Demolition Ranch" written on the front like the one Crooks was wearing. The same report found an unknown male scouting out a law enforcement sniper position, leading several officials to communicate about his activity.
Another report released portions of an interview done on July 16 where a member of the Saxonburg Police Department noted that sniper teams called out and sent photos of a "suspicious person" with a range finder. The same officer later said that a call came out over the radio of a "long gun on the roof" moments before shots rang out.
Several similar interviews the FBI was forced to release corroborated these details, including the apparent sightings of Crooks and his suspicious activity prior to the assassination attempt.
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"These documents raise troubling new questions about Secret Service failures to protect President Trump," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement obtained by Blaze News. "And it shouldn't have taken years and a federal lawsuit to get this basic FBI material about the near assassination of President Trump."
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Anti-ICE brewer's death wish: Leftist promises free beer when Trump dies 'in a few months' — and the Secret Service takes notice
Kirk Bangstad, the Wisconsin owner of Minocqua Brewing Company and the treasurer of a federal super PAC of the same name, has made no secret of his hatred for President Donald Trump, conservatives, and virtually anyone who doesn't share his leftist worldview.
For instance, Bangstad — who was ordered to pay a six-figure sum for defamation in 2023 and was charged with harassment last year — stated, "F**k Charlie Kirk," in a diatribe the day after the Turning Point USA founder's assassination and wrote weeks later, "May his soul never find peace."
'Free beer, all day long, the day he dies. Show us this post when it happens in a few months and we’ll make good on that promise.'
Although the leftist brewer has long engaged in this variety of incendiary commentary, which dovetails with his Ben & Jerry-styled progressive marketing, Bangstad recently raised eyebrows and a potential red flag with a post insinuating the president's death was forthcoming.
Days after circulating a wanted poster for a federal agent, calling for a "regime change" in the U.S., and stating that "it's just a matter of time" before "every ICE agent will face justice," Bangstad said in a Jan. 22 post on the brewery's Facebook page, "Free beer, all day long, the day he dies. Show us this post when it happens in a few months and we’ll make good on that promise."
When asked by Fox News for comment, Bangstad appeared to confirm that he was referring to Trump and indicated the brewery would be throwing a "party celebrating the impending death of a twice-impeached convicted felon."
Bangstad, who unsuccessfully attempted to block President Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Wisconsin, did not respond directly to Blaze News' questions. Instead he accused Blaze News of engaging in "'gotcha' state-sponsored propaganda" and shared the contact information of a Blaze News reporter, inviting his followers to email the reporter with their own comments.
The U.S. Secret Service told Blaze News, "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the social media post by the Minocqua Brewing Company. Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence."
Bangstad's post also caught the attention of various critics, including Libs of TikTok, who noted, "How are we supposed to share a country with these people? Democrats want us dead."
The American left appears to have a strong appetite for political violence.
'That's kind of shady.'
A survey conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University's Social Perception Lab revealed in April 2025 that 55% of respondents who identified as left of center said that assassinating Trump would be at least somewhat justified.
When asked by pollsters about the September 2024 attempt on the president's life at his golf course in Florida, 28% of Democrats told RMG Research it would have been better if Trump had been gunned down.
While the brewer's apparent eagerness to see the president die has attracted attention, his super PAC's expenditures have also prompted scrutiny in recent months.
Some of Bangstad's former employees alleged to WISC-TV that some of the over $2 million raised by the brewer's super PAC has gone toward paying regular brewery staff rather than political activities.
"At first, I was paid by a regular direct deposit, and then he said he's going to pay me from the Super PAC and from the business. And I started to do some research," said one former employee who spoke to WISC on the condition of anonymity. "I spoke with a couple attorneys and an accountant, and they said, that's kind of shady, not a good idea."
The former employee showed the outlet documentation apparently indicating that he received checks from the Minocqua Brewing Super PAC with "organizing" written in the memo line — something he had reportedly not done for the PAC.
Bangstad admitted that some employees receive PAC funds and suggested to WISC that the payments were aboveboard. A civil lawsuit filed in early 2025 suggested otherwise, accusing the leftist of fraud and misuse of donated funds, reported Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Biden-voting Secret Service agent stripped of security clearance after spilling beans to undercover reporter
The U.S. Secret Service has placed an agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance's protective detail on administrative leave after he allegedly divulged sensitive security secrets to an undercover female reporter.
In footage published on Tuesday by investigative journalist James O'Keefe, USSS agent Tomas Escotto appears to share various specifics regarding Vance's security detail with the reporter as well as photos revealing the methods used to transport the vice president.
'When one person falls short, it places an added burden on colleagues who are left to rebuild trust.'
"What we uncovered is troubling," said O'Keefe, who indicated that the engagements took place in the wake of the attempted break-in at Vance's Cincinnati home. "We hope that bringing this to light strengthens security and helps prevent future vulnerabilities in our government."
The video and text messages published by O'Keefe appear to show that Escotto, a self-identified Biden voter, provided the reporter with:
- real-time locations of the vice president;
- insights into Vance's future travel plans;
- the particulars of how far ahead and behind agents walk in relation to Vance;
- the security detail's shift schedule;
- photographs taken on duty containing location metadata; and
- photographs providing insights into how the vice president's vehicle is secured and stored for international travel.
After indicating in the footage that he only received his citizenship in 2018, Escotto criticizes the Trump administration's immigration policies, stating, "They're deploying tactics that shouldn't be deployed."
O'Keefe noted that ahead of publishing the video, his team coordinated with the USSS, redacting sensitive operational details at their request.
Blaze News has reached out to Vance's office for comment.
Deputy Secret Service Director Matthew Quinn confirmed in a statement to O'Keefe that the incident is under investigation and "the employee involved has been placed on administrative leave with his clearance suspended and access to agency facilities and systems revoked."
The USSS is now also requiring all personnel to retake the agency's anti-espionage training "in order to ensure employees are aware of the threats posed by individuals aiming to exploit agency employees for information about our protective operations."
Quinn said in a memo to USSS employees that was obtained by O'Keefe, "Over the past several months, an agency employee was deliberately targeted and manipulated by a citizen-journalism media organization that misrepresented itself in an effort to get close to the employee and expose sensitive information. This is the second time in less than a year that our personnel have been subjected to this same deceptive tactic."
"When one person falls short, it places an added burden on colleagues who are left to rebuild trust that each of us works hard every day to earn and protect," added Quinn.
Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet was among those who emphasized the gravity of O'Keefe's damning exposé, stating, "This is one of the most disturbing videos I've seen in some time. Those tasked with protecting the president, VP, and their families should be a top national priority."
"That a Secret Service agent could be leaking sensitive information and endangering their lives is a national security threat of the highest importance," added Kolvet.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, noted, "The Secret Service is a dangerous mess."
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'Julia,' son of wealthy Democrat donor, identified as suspect in Vance home attack
The 26-year-old man who allegedly attacked the Cincinnati home of Vice President JD Vance early Monday morning appears to be yet another radical transvestite.
Just hours after the vice president concluded his visit to the city and departed for the national capital, a suspect armed with a hammer was spotted by U.S. Secret Service agents running along the front fence, then breaching the perimeter of Vance's Ohio house.
'As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in.'
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Cincinnati indicated in a release that the suspect, William DeFoor, was ordered to stop and drop the hammer after he allegedly attempted to break the window of a USSS vehicle blocking the driveway entrance. DeFoor allegedly refused to comply and proceeded to smash the front windows of Vance's house — windows apparently equipped with "enhanced security assets."
After reportedly inflicting over $28,000 in damage, the suspect attempted to flee the scene on foot but was swiftly captured by USSS agents and Cincinnati police officers.
William DeFoor was initially charged with criminal trespass, criminal damaging or endangering, obstructing official business, and felony vandalism. He has since been slapped with several federal charges: damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers.
Vance noted in a statement on Monday: "As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows."
The vice president appears to have been right on the money.
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On social media, DeFoor — whom law enforcement identified as a male — appears to go by the name Julia.
A Facebook profile that appears to belong to the suspect claims that DeFoor, identified as Julia, is a student at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College who previously studied at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and attended the Summit Country Day School, a private high school where he made the list of candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program in 2018.
DeFoor's account appears to have liked the Cincinnati-based leftist group Coalition for Community Safety as well as the trans advocacy group Heartland Trans Wellness.
FBI sources told Fox News that the suspect demanded to be called "Julia" at the time of his arrest.
Court documents indicate that DeFoor pleaded guilty in April 2025 to two counts of vandalism after he inflicted over $2,000 in damage upon an Ohio interior design company, reported WXIX-TV. DeFoor was sentenced to two years of treatment at a mental health facility and ordered to pay $5,550 in restitution.
In 2023, DeFoor was reportedly charged with trespassing at UC Health psychiatric emergency services but ultimately was found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
DeFoor's father, identified by the New York Post as William DeFoor, appears to be an affluent pediatric urologist who works as a professor at the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine. Among his top research interests is pediatric genitourinary reconstruction. His bio on the Cincinnati Children's Hospital website states that he is an elder in his church, is married to a general pediatrician, and has three teenage children.
Blaze News has reached out to the professor for comment.
Dr. DeFoor is a longtime Democrat donor who sank thousands of dollars into Kamala Harris' first and second failed presidential campaigns and thousands of dollars into former President Joe Biden's presidential campaigns.
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