Judicial Watch: FBI Records Reveal Altercation at Trump Rally Site before Shooting

Judicial Watch ^ | 4/17/2026 | Judicial Watch

[cuz1961]

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it forced the release of 27 heavily redacted pages from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that show that would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was reportedly involved in an altercation with a group of people and making “hateful comments” directed at President Trump at the Butler, PA, rally site before the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt....

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KEYWORDS: 202407; 20240713; assassinationattempt; assassinationplots; thomascrooks; trump; warontrump

[cuz1961]

...from the article it appears there were many red flag warning reports that weren't followed up before the assassination attempt or released to the public by the Biden leftovers within the .gov. before Kash and danno cleaned the agencies up a little.

[Twotone]

Looks like absolutely monumental incompetence by all the “professionals” when the average citizen could see there was an issue with this guy.

[Sirius Lee]

Looks like absolutely monumental incompetence collusion by all the “professionals”

Fixed it.

[cgbg]

This reminds me of the Lee Harvey Oswald incidents at the Dallas car dealership and shooting range.

(Hint: the “double” was not Lee Harvey Oswald.)

[bray]

Sounds like the SS agreed with him.

[coloradan]

This wasn’t incompetence. There must have been orders to let the assassination proceed. Consider also how many shots the assassin was able to take before being neutralized.

[Blue Highway]

So did the FOIA request reveal any more info on the connection between the FBI and Thomas Crooks prior to July 13th?

[PghBaldy]

Or no explicit orders needed when all knew what their superiors wanted - to allow any attempts on his life to succeed.

[thinden]

So did the FOIA request reveal any more info on the connection between the FBI and Thomas Crooks prior to July 13th?

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nope

[Delta 21]

This thing was 3 sheets to the wind before AF1 landed there. FBI, Secret Service and a multitude of others need prosecuted for.

If I was Trump, I would be planning something nice for them.