BUTLER, Pa. — The FBI said it has conducted 200 interviews and reviewed 14,000 images but still doesn’t have a clear motive for the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a member of the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News Digital that he thinks it’s “bullshit” that federal investigators don’t yet have a motive.
“I don’t believe they have anything,” Burchett said Wednesday. “I don’t trust this administration. If they don’t want conspiracy theories, they need to act fast and answer the tough questions.”
According to a post on Oversight Committee X, Burchett said he had sent a subpoena to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who agreed to comply with it. A hearing is scheduled for July 22.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was hurriedly escorted off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“The American people want and are entitled to an explanation from Director Cheatle for the assassination attempt on President Trump and the egregious Secret Service failures,” the oversight committee said in a post on X shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The full summons was attached to the mailing.
Wray told Congress that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who tried to assassinate Trump, had used his phone to search for images of Biden and Trump before the shooting, as well as symptoms of depression. To CBS News.
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CBS reported that Crooks had visited the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, at least once before Saturday’s shooting.
The FBI declined to comment on potential theories about a motive, whether it had removed one from its list, or whether it would respond to the lawmakers’ comments.
This is the first page of the Oversight Committee’s two-page subpoena for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. (Monitoring Committee/X)
This is page two of the Oversight Committee’s two-page subpoena for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. (Monitoring Committee/X)
Corey Comperatore, 50, a father of two and former fire chief, was killed while trying to protect his wife and daughters during Saturday’s shooting.
David Duch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were seriously injured and are currently recovering in a local hospital.
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Secret Service snipers “neutralized” Crooks, who was positioned on a rooftop overlooking the rally, less than 150 yards from where Trump was speaking.
The details of how Crooks entered the building and fired multiple shots remain under investigation, and a dispute over responsibility is ongoing between the Secret Service and local police.
Undated photograph of Thomas Matthew Crookes (Courtesy of AFP)
A Fox News Digital investigation found that Crooks turned 21 in September and had no criminal or traffic offenses on his record.
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According to voting records, Crooks was registered as a Republican. November 8, 2022 State Election Because of my age.
