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Journalist Reveals PTSD After Trump's Assassination Attempt

7/18/2025

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Scott MacFarlane, a CBS News correspondent, opened up on a podcast about his PTSD diagnosis stemming from the harrowing assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. He recounted the terrifying atmosphere, where the media felt the crowd's fury and feared for their lives, believing they would have been harmed without Trump's timely intervention.

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Scott MacFarlane, a CBS News correspondent, opened up on a podcast about his PTSD diagnosis stemming from the harrowing assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. He recounted the terrifying atmosphere, where the media felt the crowd's fury and feared for their lives, believing they would have been harmed without Trump's timely intervention.