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Thomas Matthew Crooks hid rifle in advance of Trump rally sniper attack, Secret Service source says
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Posted on 07/18/2024 11:31:28 AM PDT by TigerClaws

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 already holding it.

"We went from golf range finder to AR-15, and now we have to fill in the gap," the source told Fox News

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 556; banglist; crooks; crookstimeline; hiddengun; secretservice; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks; whohelpedhim
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1 posted on 07/18/2024 11:31:28 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

So no dog stiffing on roof — slope dangers to dogs too you know


2 posted on 07/18/2024 11:33:22 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: TigerClaws

He keister’d it.


3 posted on 07/18/2024 11:36:46 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: George from New England

Did Crooks hide the rifle there or did his handlers?


4 posted on 07/18/2024 11:37:14 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

It was under the Air Conditioner, duh!.................


5 posted on 07/18/2024 11:38:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TigerClaws

6 posted on 07/18/2024 11:38:41 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: TigerClaws
So now the weapon is formally identified as an AR-15? That only took 5 days.

So is it really an AR-15 or not?

Place your bets...


7 posted on 07/18/2024 11:39:05 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: TigerClaws
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8 posted on 07/18/2024 11:39:13 AM PDT by Dr. Marten (Cogito ergo armatus sum.)
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To: TigerClaws

Already commented that it may have been under the metal siding or the roofing.
The I saw the trees by the ladder. Those trees could hide both.


9 posted on 07/18/2024 11:39:21 AM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
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To: TigerClaws

It was behind a pile of boxes in the book depository.


10 posted on 07/18/2024 11:40:16 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: TigerClaws

They are constructing a narrative that will shield whoever might’ve been helping or conspiring with Crooks. Consider the Steele Dossier. Since there were no consequences for manufacturing that, is there anything preventing them repeating that crime?


11 posted on 07/18/2024 11:41:20 AM PDT by Spok
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To: TigerClaws

SS is like a guilty 15 year-old.

First deny everything, then start trickle-truthing information that doesn’t really matter.


12 posted on 07/18/2024 11:41:58 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: right way right

How did the kid know that that particular building would not be guarded by law enforcement? That’s the big question. Also, where did the van with AZ plates come from?


13 posted on 07/18/2024 11:42:09 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: TigerClaws

Ok fine, which plotter was responsible for ignoring the pre search?


14 posted on 07/18/2024 11:43:51 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: right way right

The dude in the very first video, in the red Trump hat,said the kid was carrying the rifle as he climbed up the building right before the shooting.


15 posted on 07/18/2024 11:44:14 AM PDT by chuck allen
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To: TigerClaws

Or at least that’s what the training handlers taught him to do.


16 posted on 07/18/2024 11:44:22 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: maro

He put a box of donuts inside the building and a sign on the door. “Free donuts inside”

Thats how.


17 posted on 07/18/2024 11:44:40 AM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
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To: Dr. Marten

😆


18 posted on 07/18/2024 11:44:44 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: TigerClaws

Crap story and too easy to poke holes in it


19 posted on 07/18/2024 11:45:36 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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How did the kid know that that particular building would not be guarded by law enforcement?

I do not think he knew. He had a hunch it would be unguarded. He was probably shocked to see it unguarded on that fateful day.

20 posted on 07/18/2024 11:46:03 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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