Corey Comperatore’s Widow Says Butler Attack Was An ‘Inside Job’

Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore, is renewing her call for answers after the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, saying she believes there is still far more to uncover about the deadly attack that claimed her husband’s life.

Speaking in an interview with Newsmax, Comperatore said she does not believe gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks acted entirely on his own, despite stressing that she does not think there was a second shooter. Instead, she said she believes others may have been involved in planning the attack.

“I don’t believe there was another shooter there, but I believe that he was working with somebody,” Comperatore said. “I believe it was inside. It was an inside job inside the government somewhere.”

The interviewer then asked whether she had seen evidence supporting that belief. Comperatore said she had been told certain things following the attack that shaped her perspective.

“Oh, I’ve been told things, but I’ve had something that happened with me just afterwards, and you’re starting to put the pieces together. It just made total sense,” she said.

Comperatore did not elaborate on what information she had received or provide specific evidence supporting her claims during the interview.

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Corey Comperatore, a volunteer firefighter from Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot while shielding his wife and daughters during the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt at Trump’s campaign rally in Butler. Two other attendees were seriously wounded before a Secret Service sniper killed Crooks, who had fired multiple rounds from a nearby rooftop.

The shooting left Trump with a wound to his ear and prompted multiple investigations into security failures surrounding the rally. Federal investigators have publicly stated they have not identified a definitive motive explaining why Crooks carried out the attack.

One year later, Helen Comperatore said she still feels the family has been left without adequate answers. Asked what would help bring her closure, she said accountability remains her primary goal.

“When the people who put this all together that day are caught and it comes out,” she replied.

Comperatore also delivered a direct message to President Trump, asking him not to forget the victims and their families as investigations continue.

“Just don’t forget us and remember what we went through that day,” she said. “You know, we’re still here and we need answers.”

She also criticized the pace of communication from the U.S. Secret Service, saying it took approximately a year before agency officials reached out to her directly.

According to Comperatore, when she was finally able to ask questions about the events surrounding the rally, she felt the responses she received were incomplete. Comperatore is now urging Trump to use the influence of his office to pressure agencies involved in the investigation to provide additional information about what happened that day.

The Butler rally has remained the subject of congressional inquiries and federal investigations over security lapses that allowed Crooks to access a rooftop overlooking the event before opening fire. Several Secret Service officials faced intense scrutiny in the months that followed, and leadership changes were made after the attack.

Despite those investigations, authorities have continued to say that many questions surrounding Crooks’ motive remain unresolved.