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Speaker 1: News when you wanted with Bloomberg News Now I met Kleggi.

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Speaker 1: Former President Donald Trump said he was shot in the

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Speaker 1: right ear after gunfire erupted at his political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. The former president's campaign said in a statement

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Speaker 1: that he was fine after the incidents, which saw him

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Speaker 1: rushed from the stage. One attendee at the rally was

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Speaker 1: shot and died, and the shooter, who fired from an

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Speaker 1: elevated position, was killed by the US Secret Service. The

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Speaker 1: agency said this in a statement to additional attendees were

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Speaker 1: critically injured. In a post to his social media network

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Speaker 1: truth Social, Trump extended his condolences to the family of

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Speaker 1: the dead rally goer and thanked law enforcement for their response. Quote.

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Speaker 1: I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper

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Speaker 1: part of my right ear, Trump said in a post

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Speaker 1: to truth Social. I knew immediately that something was wrong

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Speaker 1: and that I heard a whizzing sound shots and immediately

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Speaker 1: felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place,

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Speaker 1: so I realized then what was happening. Trump grabbed at

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Speaker 1: the right side of his face after loud, popping noises

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Speaker 1: were heard at the rally, Secret Service agents rushed to

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Speaker 1: the stage, yelling get down, and formed a tight circle

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Speaker 1: around the former president. President Joe Biden delivered brief remarks

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Speaker 1: from Delaware, condemning political violence. Quote, we cannot be like this.

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Speaker 1: We cannot condone this. Everybody must condemn it. Unquote. Biden

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Speaker 1: said he had been unable to reach Trump, who was

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Speaker 1: with his doctors, but he hoped to speak with him

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Speaker 1: on Saturday evening. Asked if the shooting was an assassination attempt,

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Speaker 1: the president said he had an opinion, but did not

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Speaker 1: have enough facts to make the assessment. The incident is

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Speaker 1: being investigated as such as an attempt, according to a

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Speaker 1: person familiar with the matter. The Secret Service said in

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Speaker 1: a statement that Trump was safe and that they had

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Speaker 1: implemented protective measures. The FBI is leading the investigation of

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Speaker 1: the incident. The bureau said this in a statement. The

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Speaker 1: Pennsylvania State Police is assisting that work alongside the Secret Service,

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Speaker 1: again repeating. Former President Donald Trump is reported to be

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Speaker 1: fine this evening after being in the ear on Saturday

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Speaker 1: evening at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. And that's news

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