Thomas Matthew Crooks apparently teased an attack online days before he climbed onto a roof and opened fire at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, killing one and injuring others, including former President Donald Trump, Fox News has learned. Secret Service and FBI officials told U.S. senators during an all-members briefing on Wednesday, July 17, that Crooks,...
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4 questions Trump shooter's family, acquaintances are being asked by FBI: former officer
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – A veteran law enforcement officer shared what the FBI is likely asking family, friends and acquaintances of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks in its mission to determine a motive. Ashton Packe, a retired 23-year-veteran Nevada law enforcement officer who also served in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, told Fox...
Autopsies of Americans, Vietnamese found dead in a Bangkok hotel identify traces of cyanide
Six people including two Vietnamese Americans have been found dead in a Bangkok luxury hotel in Thailand and police say they died from cyanide poisoning with one of them believed to have poisoned the others over a bad investment, Thai authorities said Wednesday. The grisly discovery was made by a maid on Tuesday just after...
FBI's conclusion into attempted Trump assassination after 200 interviews called 'bull—-' by lawmaker
BUTLER, Pa. — The FBI conducted 200 interviews and combed through 14,000 images but said they still don’t have a clear motive behind the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally Saturday in western Pennsylvania. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who’s on the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News Digital that he thinks...
Secret Service director backtracks as feds, local law enforcement point fingers over Trump rally security
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle appeared to backpedal Tuesday as her agency and local law enforcement pointed fingers over the security lapse at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally. Cheatle said in an interview with CNN the Secret Service was “solely responsible” for security at Trump’s rally, where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to climb on...
What FBI searching Trump shooter's phone and laptop at Quantico are looking for: Fmr. agent
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – A former FBI special agent gave an inside look into what federal investigators are looking for after they decrypted the killer’s cellphone and laptop in hopes of discovering Thomas Crooks’ motive. Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Scott Duffey told Fox News Digital that, since the FBI announced that it successfully unlocked...
FBI, DHS warn of potential repeat attacks and retaliation after Trump assassination attempt
Fox News has learned of a Joint Intelligence Bulletin from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security that was published this week warning of potential repeat attacks and retaliation following the shooting of former President Trump on Saturday. The four-page bulletin, first reported on by Politico, stated that violent extremists or others “may attempt...
Trump shooter's assassination attempt shocks former FBI task force officer: 'Blown away'
A veteran Nevada law enforcement officer, who served in the elite FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, said he was left “blown away” after a barrage of gunfire broke out at former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. Ashton Packe, a retired Las Vegas detective, shared an inside look into the investigation of the assassination attempt in...
Pennsylvania gun club where would-be Trump assassin was member visited by FBI
CLAIRTON, Pa. – The Pennsylvania gun club where would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks practiced his aim was open Monday after visits from the FBI amid a probe into the deadly security breach that let an armed madman within 130 yards of the former president. It was not immediately clear whether investigators found anything of...
Breaking into Trump shooter’s cellphone complicated by modern technology: expert
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A retired Nevada law enforcement expert who served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force said modern technology can complicate the effort to discover the killer’s motive for the shooting at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally. Ashton Packe, a former Las Vegas police detective, shared the roadblock that investigators may be...








