GOP rep says would-be Trump assassin had encrypted messaging accounts in 3 foreign countries, rips intelligence community
The gunman who nearly assassinated former President Donald Trump used encrypted messaging accounts on several foreign platforms, according to a Republican appointed to a congressional committee investigating the assassination attempt. Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), a member of the bipartisan House Task Force on the Assassination Attempt of President Donald Trump, has identified three countries linked […]
Body of Trump’s would-be assassin is ‘gone,’ congressman reveals FBI’s ‘unheard of’ act in investigation ‘obstruction’
Congressmen released a preliminary investigation report into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump this week, declaring the assassin’s body “missing,” and saying the FBI acted “unprecedented” in a way that they believe “impeded further investigation efforts.” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana), a member of the House Bipartisan Task Force on the Assassination Attempt of […]
Would-be Trump assassin’s rampage ended when SWAT hit his rifle with a bullet, report says
The July 13 assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks on former President Donald J. Trump and attendees at a Pennsylvania rally was ended by a “super tough” SWAT officer who fired a bullet into Crooks’ rifle from 100 yards above the ground, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) said. Higgins said on Aug. 15, Crooks, 20, was […]
Technology, K-9s, Persistence Lead to Arrest of Would-Be Migrant Got-Aways near Border in Texas
QUEMADO, Texas — Three Mexican nationals from Coahuila state crossed the Rio Grande River just north of the small border town of Quemado and headed north into Texas. After crossing U.S. Highway 277 between Eagle Pass and Del Rio, the migrants set off surveillance cameras that alerted Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, the Texas […]
Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks visited gun range dozens of times
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, held dozens of target practice sessions at a local gun club before the attack, including on Christmas Day, newly obtained recordings show. According to records obtained and released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the 20-year-old man made multiple visits to the Clairton […]
Records show lengths would-be Trump assassin went to prepare
Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old man who plotted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally last month, was a member of a local gun club and had been practicing his shooting skills just a day before he attempted to assassinate the former president, according to records from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office. Crooks became a member of […]
Bystander video captures desperate police scramble to spot would-be Trump assassin
“Kill confirmed.” Dramatic new video from the ground, captured by a Butler, Pennsylvania resident, shows a front-row view of police frantically searching for Thomas Matthew Crooks more than four minutes before he fired eight sniper shots at former President Donald J. Trump. An account named X, with the first name “Dave” and the handle @RealDJStew724, […]
FBI Still Unsure How Would-Be Assassin Got Rifle onto Roof
More than two weeks after the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on July 30, 2024, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said the FBI still doesn’t know how the would-be assassin got a rifle onto the roof and fired it from there. Sen. LaFonza Butler (D-Calif.) asked Abbate whether authorities knew how the 20-year-old would-be […]
Former classmate of would-be Trump assassin speaks out
Fox News correspondent David Spunt has updates on the investigation into former President Trump’s assassination attempt on … source
FBI confirms Trump hit by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ bullet
The FBI confirmed Friday that Donald Trump was hit by a bullet in the ear during an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Two days earlier, a senior FBI official had said there were “questions” about the bullet that struck the former president. “The bullet that struck former President Trump in the ear […]