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Ford recalls Fromme assassination attempt in video
Gerald Ford recalls seeing a hand holding a large handgun before Secret Service agents seized Charles Manson disciple Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme outside the California statehouse in 1975.
- (AP)
- Updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 3:16 PM
The former president calmly recalls the attempted assassination in videotaped testimony released Monday by a federal court — 38 years later.
The president was shaking hands on a Sacramento street when Fromme pushed through the crowd, drew a pistol and pointed it at Ford. He was not hurt.
In the testimony posted by The Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/178GA1E ), Ford recalls seeing a “weathered” woman in a brightly coloured dress. He then saw a gun coming through the crowd but not who was holding it.
Fromme was sentenced under a law covering assaults on US presidents. She was released from prison in 2009.
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