BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Thomas Matthew Crooks likely scouted the Butler Farm rally site and planned his attack extensively before attacking a Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Saturday in a failed attempt to kill the former president, according to a retired Secret Service agent and security expert. “It’s clear now the gunman did an...
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend. In a brief notice posted to the inspector general’s website, the agency said the objective of the probe is to “Evaluate the United States Secret Service’s (Secret...
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...
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...
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...
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky, subpoenaed the director of the Secret Service to testify about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee chair in connection to an open investigation that was launched into the assassination attempt on the former president. Trump was...
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...
EXCLUSIVE: BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A former classmate of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks says the 20-year-old gunman once mocked him over his support of former President Donald Trump and had a general disdain for mainstream politicians across the political aisle. “I brought up the fact that I’m Hispanic and, you know, I’m for Trump....
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...
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...
