Trump blames ‘Democrat Plot’ for his Butler assassination attempt

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Trump blames ‘Democrat Plot’ for his Butler assassination attempt

Trump’s claim about the mishandling of his Butler assassination attempt follows earlier Truth Social rants about AI

Erin Keller In Ohio Tuesday 15 September 2026 17:04 BST

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President Donald Trump has alleged that a “Democrat Plot” was behind the 2024 assassination attempt against him and claimed newly discovered information shows key evidence was missing, altered or corrupted.

“Everybody knows the Crooked Joe Biden FBI didn’t do what they should have with respect to the Lunatic who shot me in Butler, PA. By the time I got into Office, on January 20th, most of the information was missing, altered, corrupted, or gone,” Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social.

The president continued: “New info was just found! Why wasn’t it seen long ago? This was all a Democrat Plot, to get me out of the Election, that failed. Dirty Cop Christopher Wray should pay a price for the way he handled this assassination attempt, and certainly for the things he said.”

There is no evidence that Democrats were involved in the attempted assassination of Trump.

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