BETHEL PARK, Pa. — FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed on Wednesday that Thomas Crooks’ family had more than a dozen firearms in their Pennsylvania home and that father Matthew Crooks legally sold his son the weapon that the 20-year-old would use in his assassination attempt on former President Trump. “We located a number of firearms...
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Hawley introduces 'Trump Assassination Attempt Transparency Act' to declassify key information
FIRST ON FOX: As details slowly emerge about the assassination attempt against former President Trump, one Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to force the federal government to declassify all information related to the event. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., will introduce the “Trump Assassination Attempt Transparency Act” on Thursday, just a day after FBI Director...
Bodycam footage takes viewers to Pennsylvania rooftop moments after Trump assassination attempt
Bodycam footage released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., on Thursday shows the law enforcement response to the rooftop where Thomas Crooks took a sniper’s position in the attempted assassination of former President Trump. The video shows Beaver County Emergency Service Unit officers and U.S. Secret Service personnel accessing the rooftop from where Crooks fired an...
FBI Director Wray reveals 5 key details about Trump shooters' stash of explosives, weapons
FBI Director Christopher Wray offered new details about the explosive devices found in Thomas Matthew Crooks’ car and home during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Wray is facing questions from lawmakers about the FBI’s investigation into Crooks’ attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Here are...
Details about how Trump shooter scaled Butler rally roof emerge in FBI Director Christopher Wray testimony
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – FBI Director Christopher Wray said that his agency is still not certain how Thomas Matthew Crooks accessed the roof of the building where he took aim at former President Donald Trump – but they don’t believe he used a ladder. Despite the fact that a “bloodied receipt” found on Crooks’ dead...
Eerie photo of Trump shooter's bike left at rally site as expert questions why 'flying squad' wasn't mobilized
BUTLER, Pa. — A lone bike cloaked by a tree’s shade near a Pennsylvania manufacturing facility is a haunting reminder of a gunman’s hail of gunfire that nearly assassinated a former president. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, rode the bicycle to Donald Trump’s rally in Butler and ditched it before he opened fire from a...
Senator points to 'mistake' Secret Service made in blame game over sweeping building where Trump shooter was
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – Senator James Lankford, R-OK, pushed back after the Secret Service blamed local law enforcement for not sweeping the roof where former President Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was stationed. Lankford, the lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee, discussed with Fox News Digital the details of the...
Sen. Blackburn blasts Secret Service director for prioritizing party over attempted-assassination probe
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn slammed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for prioritizing a cocktail party over an investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Cheatle duckeda fuming group of senators who wanted to discuss security lapses that nearly cost Trump his life, but Blackburn and several other lawmakers confronted the embattled securityboss Wednesday...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to next week's blockbuster week in Congress
I started to write this essay about the pending blockbuster week on Capitol Hill. The week has been a little zany. I got distracted. I had to go back and find the proper Word document to continue. I searched for “blockbuster.” But it was mildly amusing when an essay popped up from February 27 of...
Congress denied access to crucial Trump protection plan screams 'cover your a– mode': expert
BUTLER, Pa. — Congress was denied access to the integral Ops Report that details the protection plan for former President Trump’s rally, according to a lawmaker who was at Wednesday’s FBI briefing and spoke to Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity. Paul Mauro, an attorney and retired NYPD inspector, said the Ops Report...









