(NewsNation) — Following the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan, former President Donald Trump was taken to a local Pennsylvania hospital before flying to New Jersey, landing shortly after midnight at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Video posted by an aide showed the former president deplaning his private jet flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents and heavily armed members of the agency’s counter-assault team, an unusually visible show of force by his protective detail.
Trump’s campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing “fine” after the shooting, which he said pierced the upper part of his right ear.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place,” he wrote on his social media site.
Despite the attempt on...