Tucker Carlson

That was my question, too.

And you're actually probably one of the only major media figures that's still keeping the story alive.

So it's a pleasure to talk to you.

But yeah, there were a couple of books published in the wake, like Selena Zito is a Washington Examiner reporter, wrote a book called Butler, but it goes more into history.

The cultural aspects of like the Butler community and the political effects, the political fallout of the event.

It's not really like a forensic investigation.

This is the first of that kind.

Yeah, it's more or less an affirmation of the official story, and again, just like the political fallout.

That's more of the book.

She was there that day, so there is like an autobiographical account of what happened from when she got there, but it doesn't go into the details about what happened over on the AGR building or the security failures or who Thomas Crooks was.

The biggest issue I would take with the official story about just what happened that day is that a lot of people think the Secret Service sniper actually saved the day.

You know, everybody knows about the slope roof excuse for why they didn't have somebody posted there in the first place.

The fact that that building was outside of the ostensible perimeter, even though it was, you know, again, like 150 yards clear line of sight.

to trump but a lot of people say well at least the secret service sniper stopped it from being a lot worse in fact donald trump said that a couple weeks ago after this most recent white house correspondence dinner attack he's talking about well they did a lot better at that event than they did at butler although my buddy david saved my life at butler he's the sniper his name's david king

And Trump says he responded in 4.2 seconds from 400 yards away.

Neither one of those assertions by Trump are true, which is very bizarre that he doesn't know

The details about the attempt on his own life, in fact, it was a local cop who saved the day.

It was the alleged would-be assassin Crooks fired three well-measured discrete shots, and then there's a short pause, and then he starts rapid firing five shots, and then the ninth shot comes immediately after that eighth shot,

all in the span of five seconds from the local cop on the ground.

His name's Aaron Zalaponi.