FBI reveals Trump shooter researched campaign schedule 10 months before rally

Published August 28, 2024 2:19pm ET



The FBI revealed on Wednesday numerous online searches that former President Donald Trump‘s would-be assassin performed in the weeks and months before carrying out a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, including searches as far back as last year for Trump’s campaign events.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek said in a call with reporters that while Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, targeted both Trump and President Joe Biden, he searched for Trump’s campaign events as early as September 2023.

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