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WATCH LIVE: Acting Secret Service director testifies in Senate hearing on Trump rally shooting

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired Monday night that he expected the FBI interview to take place Thursday.
47% : The FBI has not uncovered a motive as to why he chose to target Trump, but investigators believe the shooting was the result of extensive planning, including the purchase under an alias in recent months of chemical precursors that investigators believe were used to create the explosive devices found in his car and his home, and the deployment of a drone about 200 yards (180 meters) from the rally site in the hours before the event.
44% : Trump said he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear," and he appeared in the days later with a bandage on the ear.
41% : Trump describes assassination attempt in detail as he accepts Republican nominationAGR is a reference to a complex of buildings that form AGR International Inc, a supplier of automation equipment for the glass and plastic packaging industry.
29% : The FBI said on Friday that Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet or a fragment of one during the July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
12% : READ MORE: Secret Service director resigns following criticism over assassination attempt against Trump at rallyFBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress last week that on July 6, the day Crooks registered to attend the Trump rally, he googled: "How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?"

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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