Former First Lady Melania Trump wants to know why police haven't arrested Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspect who opened fire on former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania on July 13.
“The attempt to take my husband's life was a horrifying and harrowing experience,” the former first lady said. Video posted to X on September 10th“Now the silence around it feels oppressive.”
“I cannot help but wonder why law enforcement did not arrest the shooter before the speech,” Mrs. Trump continued. “There is certainly more to this story and we need to find out the truth.”
Nearly two months have passed since the Butler shooting, but the assassination attempt has faded from the headlines as nearly a dozen federal and state investigations continue and occasional public updates are released.
The U.S. House of Representatives Special Investigative Team on the Assassination Attempt of Donald J. Trump Record collection Investigators recently asked the Butler County coroner and the Allegheny County coroner for copies of the autopsy results for Crooks, who fired eight shots into the crowd and was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper.
The task force is also seeking transcripts of interviews with local police and reams of documents from the Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security and local officials about security plans for the July 13 incident.
Investigators from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are compiling records of interviews with officials involved in the Butler rally.
According to the FBI's latest timeline, Crooks, 20, entered the roof of the American Glass Research complex at 6:05 p.m., walked south through several buildings in the complex and selected a shooting location. He opened fire at 6:11:32 p.m.
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper found Crooks under a nearby water tower at 6:08 pm and radioed in that there was someone on the roof, but the Secret Service did not hear the broadcast because it did not share a communications system with state or local police.
According to local law enforcement sources and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the radios specially programmed for the Secret Service were never used or picked up by Secret Service agents.
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