BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A local GOP volunteer who helped set up and later attended former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend, said he and other activists raised concerns the night prior about the venue’s security. Zach Scherer, a volunteer firefighter from Chicora – a short drive northeast of the Butler Farm Show...
In his spiritual autobiography “Confessions,” St. Augustine of Hippo wrote that “evilis nothing but the removal of good until finally no good remains.” In his later work “The Enchiridion,” he observed that God, who is supremely good, can bring good even out of evil. I recalled these timeless thoughts on the nature of evil and...
MILWAUKEE — Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn doubled down on her demand for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to answer questions about the assassination attempt against former President Trump. “Director Cheatle can run, but she can’t hide. If she has time to sweet-talk folks in a luxury suite at the RNC, she has time to...
Firefighters and a procession of law enforcement vehicles accompanied the casket of Corey Comperatore, the Trump supporter killed at the former president’s Pennsylvania rally, ahead of the slain firefighter’s wake on Thursday. Comperatore, a 50-year-old Sarver resident and volunteer firefighter, died on Saturday shielding his family from gunfire meant for the former president at his...
The 20-year-old loner who attempted to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday had an account on the encrypted Discord app, a sign that he preferred anonymous interactions to real-world relationships, experts told Fox News Digital. A spokesperson for the platform confirmed that Thomas Matthew Crooks had an account and that it had been deactivated by...
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,...
The Steam account previously reported to have belonged to would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was not owned by him, according to a federal law enforcement source. Original reports from a source inside an FBI briefing to lawmakers suggested the 20-year-old Crooks wrote in a post earlier this month, “July 13 will be my premier, watch...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old would-be assassin who opened fire on former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania campaign rally Saturday, hid the weapon in advance, according to a Secret Service source. It was not immediately clear where he hid it, however. By the time agents spotted him on the roof, he was...
MILWAUKEE – Political woes stacking up against the Biden administration will “absolutely” injure the campaign of longtime Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, according to his Republican Senate competitor, Dave McCormick. “I think right now, what’s becoming clear is that this is an election that’s a choice between strength and weakness at the top of the...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A former classmate of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks says the 20-year-old gunman was quiet with a small friend group, noting that she would never have pegged him for his actions at the Trump rally. Sarah D’Angelo, a nursing student, shared with Fox News Digital her scant interactions with Crooks as...
