Former President Trump’s would-be assassin would have been at work on Saturday, but told his boss that he needed the day off because he had “something to do,” according to reports. Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents after firing five rounds, grazing Trump’s ear, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore and injuring two...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Two neighbors of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks dismissed the attention drawn to his political affiliation, saying the family appeared to never have campaign signs of any stripe in their Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, yard. Amy, who spoke to reporters alongside Holly – a local GOP captain – attested that the...
Thomas Matthew Crooks’ parents contacted law enforcement Saturday hours before he opened fire on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaignrally, a source told Fox News. The aspiring assassin’s mother and father told local police that Crooks was missing and that they were concerned about his welfare, the source said. It remained unclear if they...
Still shaken by the shocking attempt made on his father’s life, Eric Trump is demanding answers. “The director of the Secret Service needs to be asked some really pointed, really hard questions, because that cannot happen again,” Eric Trump toldFox News Digital. “Whether it’s that local assets dropped the ball or an oversight, I don’t...
We are learning more about President Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. The former high school guidance counselor of the 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that Crooks was “not a menace to society” and “not an issue at all.” Jim Knapp told the local TV station that Crooks never caused...
BUTLER, Pa. – The Butler Township manager, Thomas Knights, defended local police officers’ response to the assassination attempt against former President Trump at his rally on Saturday. Knights’ comments come amid some sparring between the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the Fraternal Order of Police as both federal and local law enforcement take criticism from...
Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to the terrifying assassination attempt on former President Trump at his Pennsylvania rally on “Jesse Watters Primetime.” JESSE WATTERS: Cheatle doesn’t even sound like a Secret Service director. She sounds like an evasive politician. Today there was a closed door briefing to Congress and they said the assassin’s search...
The killing of a grandmother from New Zealand during a robbery in an affluent coastal Southern California town highlights the pressing need for tougher laws and enforcement to hold criminals accountable, something some lawmakers say has been lacking across the state. Orange County prosecutors have charged three men, one of whom has prior convictions, with...
PITTSBURGH – James “Jim” Copenhaver, one of the two victims who were critically wounded during the assassination attempt against former President Trump on Saturday, sustained “life-altering injuries,” his family said in a statement. Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, is still hospitalized but in stable condition as of Tuesday afternoon after he was wounded by...
PITTSBURGH – David “Jake” Dutch, one of the two victims critically wounded by gunshots at the Trump rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, walked down the bleachers with a T-shirt bunched up against his wounds before getting help, friends told Fox News Digital. Dutch, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991,...
