In ‘Bulletproof,’ The Victors Detail The Trump Assassination Attempt

Jack Posobiec & Joshua Lisec’s book Bulletproof: The Truth About the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump bears out a shifting political and cultural paradigm. Stored up potential energy is giving way to kinetic energy in the conservative movement.

From the first announcement of Posobiec & Lisec’s forthcoming book, the Covid-beaten, 2020 election-battered, vaccine-weary, war-wary, not to mention Butler shell-shocked and all-around beleaguered conservative mind grasped for a long-distant sentiment: vindication. For the first time in who knows how long, we will be vindicated.

Bulletproof fuses Posobiec and Lisec’s talents of military intelligence analysis, gripping story-telling, and comprehensive news reporting, resulting in a fascinating, thorough accounting of one of the most consequential political events in modern history.

Many passages read more like a fictional mystery thriller; a look through the dense Notes section will show you how much primary source investigation has been seemingly memory-holed in just these past few months. Bulletproof preserves this evidence to show you what kind of official investigation should be happening – but is not.

Details, Demonic And Divine

Far from a dreadful recounting of gory shooting details, Bulletproof relays the events of July 13 – both demonic and divine – in a short chapter up front simply called “The Chart.” Cinematic and thrilling, this depiction will send shivers down your spine.

The authors house the analysis-oriented portion of the book within the framework of a military intelligence method called “Analysis of Competing Hypotheses.” The tapestry of details curated by the authors provides a sweeping, panoramic view of the story.

From the years of ideological build-up to the event itself; to the diverse eye-witness testimonies; to intimate details of the shooter’s personal life; to the reassuring, bipartisan hammering of the Secret Service by Congress; to a section on the 2^nd assassination attempt.

A choreography of moves, countermoves, and text messages on the day of July 13 plays out over the pages as well. But the parts don’t add up. You’ve likely heard that the shooter had a ladder; you probably didn’t hear that he put it in place but didn’t use it. Or that he had bought it just that morning. So why did he bring it?

There are many other examples of details too unusual to disregard. Who is the man in the grey suit? Who was sitting at the picnic table? Who met with the would-be assassin Crooks back at his house in the middle of all this?  The screenshots of the group text from the Butler Emergency Services Unit excerpted from Senator Grassley’s report will have you mulling over questions you’d prefer not to ask.

This is an authoritative, skillfully narrated accounting of all the relevant facts, and in that respect, Bulletproof is almost unheard of – a major book, carried in chain bookstores, that presents the prevailing, conservative viewpoint on a major historical event. We didn’t have anything like that for 9/11, certainly not for Jan. 6, and not even for the Boston Marathon bombing.

We’ve always had privately shared insights, but no officially accepted discourse. We have let ourselves be sidelined in the public square despite the valuable works by conservatives over time.

Authors Posobiec and Lisec recognized the obligation to go on offense, and understood the need for celerity. They saw the imperative need to take ownership of our victory rather than cede it to the cohort that, so far, is doing their best to hide their shame and destroy the evidence.

In Bulletproof, the authors have examined the various popular scenarios, marshaled all the evidence in the public domain, provided new evidence legally gathered by a private investigator, and built a theory of the case. They note instances of official reports announced but still not released. For example, the Department of Homeland Security’s promised Inspector General’s report is still not published.

If the federal agencies do not act immediately on the details and observations handed over on the Bulletproof silver platter, they are obstructing justice for the Comperatore family, President Trump, and other innocent victims. Likely, these revelations will trigger potent new investigations by the same senators and representatives whose previous hearings are highlighted in the chapters “The Review” and “The Director.”

Winning

Winston Churchill said “history is written by the victors.” The winning side of an event gets to craft the narrative around that event. But we also know that whoever writes the history becomes the victor. The ability to cast the narrative is only the victor’s right to refuse, beyond which the privilege is forfeited.

Despite the tragic death of Corey Comperatore, good man and hero to his community, we emerged from the Trump assassination attempt in Pennsylvania victorious. The glory goes to God; the triumph to President Trump and all his supporters: the rally-goers, the Ave Maria enjoyers, the home-schoolers, the heart-changers, those getting out the vote, those donning the red hat, those saying “damn the torpedoes” with their social media posts and yard decor.

The devil came for us, and missed. Victory is ours, President Trump rose above the scrum to tell us it is time to FIGHT.

Vanessa Battaglia is a defense engineer with experience designing software, hardware, and airborne systems for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Special Operations Command, and the Federal Aviation Administration.