Melania Trump raises questions about assassination attempt in post promoting book

NEW YORK — Melania Trump questioned the official narrative of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump this summer in a video posted on social media.

In the video, Melania Trump suggests that the July 13 assassination attempt which left a bystander dead may be part of a conspiracy.

“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” she says. “Now, the silence around it feels heavy. I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech? There is definitely more to this story and we need to uncover the truth.”

The video ends with an advertisement for the ex-First Lady’s new book, “Melania,” and the website where it can be pre-ordered.

A day after the shooting, Melania Trump wrote a letter thanking “the brave Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband” and asking the public to “ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence.”

Melania Trump was not in attendance at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, a registered Republican, fired multiple shots at the stage from a nearby rooftop. One man was killed and several others were hurt including the former president, who sustained a graze wound to his ear.

No official motive has been released for the shooting, but reports have indicated Crooks — who was killed by counter-snipers at the scene — had researched Trump, President Biden, school shooter Ethan Crumbley and others. He was also identified as a suspicious individual by law enforcement an hour before the shooting.

An FBI investigation is ongoing.

The incident led to Kimberly Cheatle resigning from her position as director of the Secret Service.

There is currently a Congressional bipartisan task force investigating the shooting with plans to hold public hearings ahead of Election Day.

Melania Trump has largely been absent from the campaign trail, only making a brief appearance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee days after the shooting.

In another video promoting her upcoming book released earlier this week, she spoke about how “the 2020 election results changed our lives forever” and led to “significant challenges to free speech as demonstrated by the efforts to silence my husband.”