Thomas Crooks spent months seeking a target before becoming ‘hyper focused’ on former US president, says FBI
Secret Service agents lead former US president Donald Trump offstage after an attempted assassination during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13th. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Timesmounted a “sustained, detailed effort” to attack a big gathering of some sort before deciding to target the Republican presidential candidate at a Pennsylvania rally in July, FBI officials said on Wednesday.
Rojek said Crooks became “hyper focused” on the Trump rally when it was announced in early July “and looked at it as a target of opportunity”.Sahra Wagenknecht, the ‘populist left-wing conservative’ capturing angry feelings in GermanyRojek said the FBI has not yet been able to determine what motivated Crooks to try to assassinate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13th.
FBI officials said they had not found any evidence indicated that Crooks had worked with other people, or had been directed by a foreign power.The assassination attempt prompted questions about how Crooks was able to climb a nearby building and fire eight shots at the former president before being killed by a Secret Service sharpshooter. Several congressional and government probes are examining the event's security measures.
Crooks searched for Trump's campaign events as early as September 2023, FBI officials said, and began searching in April for campaign events for both candidates near where he lived in western Pennsylvania.
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