Screengrab of Helen Comperatore, widow of Corey Comperatore via NewsNation interview on YouTube
Helen Comperatore, the wife of slain firefighter and Trump supporter Corey Comperatore sat down with NewsNation recently and gave her thoughts on the Trump Butler Rally shooting.
Former fire chief Corey Comperatore was shot and killed on July 14, 2024 while attending Trump’s Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Since the shooting, numerous questions have been raised about the Secret Service’s security failures at the rally.
Among the most talked about is why agents did not secure the rooftop from which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to open fire on President Trump and several rally attendees.
Helen Comperatore, in a sit-down interview, claimed the security lapses were due to the shooting being an “inside job.”
Helen stated, “I don’t believe there was another shooter there, but I believe he (Crooks) was working with somebody. I believe it was an inside job inside the government.”
Helen Comperatore, Corey’s widow, said she believes the Secret Service got “everything” wrong.
“They had no communication with the outside. None,” Comperatore told NewsNation. “If they would’ve, they would’ve known there was a shooter, that there was someone suspicious. Why wouldn’t have you reacted from one (call)?”
“If they had held him (Trump) back from that stage and not let him go, I wouldn’t be sitting here with you today,” Comperatore continued.
She added she believes Crooks was working with someone at the time and that there was a plan for a mass shooting and assassination attempt of Trump, but that they were not the second shooter.
“He didn’t just get up that day and go do it,” Comperatore said. She added she believes it was someone inside the government who helped Crooks, but did not elaborate on the things that led her to believe this.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton testified before Congress in a nomination hearing for the Director of National Intelligence on July 15, 2026.
Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, sat for a confirmation hearing for the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). President Trump appointed the former SEC chair and Senior Policy Advisor for the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to the top intelligence role.
The Gateway Pundit has written extensively about the severe election discrepancies in Fulton County, many of which were cited in the affidavit to obtain the search warrant in January 2026.
Numerous issues have been raised regarding foreign interference from countries such as China.
The Gateway Pundit has recently disclosed over 26,000 mail-in ballots in Wayne County, Michigan alone that were missing the required absentee envelope.
But Democrats took the confirmation hearing of Jay Clayton as an opportunity to try and sway public opinion before President Trump’s address tomorrow evening.
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who, along with Raphael Warnock (D-GA), was a benefactor of the 2020 election in Georgia, asked Clayton, “Who won the 2020 election?”
“I’m not gonna do this with you,” Clayton fired back.
Ossoff continued by pressing Clayton on whether or not he was aware that former DNI Tulsi Gabbard was present at the Fulton County offices when the FBI lawfully seized election documents through a court-issued search warrant.
The election questions didn’t end with Ossoff. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) also pressed Clayton on whether or not Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
“Senator, I’m not an election denier. Joe Biden was certified as the President of the United States,” Clayton responded.
“Election denial is something we cannot have. So I will take that as you do not deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 election,” Warner stated.
“Let me just be clear: we have substantial work to do in improving our electoral processes. It’s part of national security and I feel strongly about it,” Clayton clarified.
Senator Angus King (D-ME) also pressed the DNI nominee on “election denialism.”
“Who won the 2020 election?” he asked.
“I’ve answered that question. I’m not gonna get into that…” Clayton answered before King interrupted with, “You have not answered that question. Could you answer the question? Who won the 2020 election?”
Clayton doubled down that Joe Biden was certified and “became the President of the United States.”
“I’m here to talk about my qualifications,” Clayton stated.
And in the culmination of the desperate urge for Democrats to get the incoming DNI to admit that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) tried a “gotcha” question:
“Can you tell me why Joe Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020 election?” he asked.
“I’m going back to my Constitutional law here…but he had the most electoral votes,” Clayton responded.
“So he won the election?”
“He followed our process, had the most electoral votes, was declared the winner, and…”
Kelly interrupted, “And who has the most electoral votes? Is it the person that wins or the person that loses?”
“I think that’s your characterization. I’m not going to continue to do this.”
