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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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To: markman46

Yep that would work.


41 posted on 07/18/2024 12:03:47 PM 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: CivilWarBrewing

Yes, he took a chance. He only lives 40 miles from there. He did a trial run through and thought “that’s the spot and I will shoot from there if left unguarded”. Either that or it was an inside job. Are we ready to go there yet?


42 posted on 07/18/2024 12:04:40 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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Of course he did.

Leaks are coming directly from the FBi.

And they overlooked 500 things to tell you things they want the public to believe.

They want you to believe a lot of Crap.

They want you to believe that he didn’t like Biden or Trump and then he was really apolitical. They push to their Media brothers that he was a nut, as they always do when a Dem murderer goes out to drive over White people in a Parade.

He goes from the Gun store directly to the Trump rally. It’s all very convenient.

He had a full size van that he likely acquired just for this Operation. He had a bulletproof vest in the backpack, or in the Van.

He was a VIP at the rally and allowed to do whatever he pleased. He was the Belle of the Ball.


43 posted on 07/18/2024 12:05:27 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Spok

Check the pings on his cell phones to find out the times and dates of his previous visits.


44 posted on 07/18/2024 12:05:56 PM PDT by themidnightskulker
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45 posted on 07/18/2024 12:07:27 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: AnthonySoprano

LoL


46 posted on 07/18/2024 12:08:07 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: markman46

If you breakdown an AR the longest piece is the barrel and upper receiver. That’s a minimum of 24” long, and more likely 26”. Either will fit in a backpack.


47 posted on 07/18/2024 12:08:12 PM PDT by jdege
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To: TigerClaws

And some people saw him carrying a rifle.


48 posted on 07/18/2024 12:12:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: maro

“Also, where did the van with AZ plates come from?”

Probably registered to Ray Epps.


49 posted on 07/18/2024 12:13:33 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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50 posted on 07/18/2024 12:14:03 PM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No China made, No Amazon)
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To: jdege

How did his backpack evade the metal detectors?


51 posted on 07/18/2024 12:15:00 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Red Badger

So much for that last sweep around the venue.


52 posted on 07/18/2024 12:18:36 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Tell It Right

Thanks, Tell It Right!


53 posted on 07/18/2024 12:20:15 PM PDT by pookie18 (You don’t have to be high on crack to enjoy Pookie’s Toons! - Tell It Right)
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To: central_va

If the gun were found it would be traced to the father who already is reported to have said the son asked for it that day …


54 posted on 07/18/2024 12:21:40 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: central_va

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There’s Video of him doing exactly opposite of everyone there. He stood out like a sore thumb.

They took pictures of him after they saw him looking up at the roof when he was right up against the building. That was 30 minutes before the shooting.

He was VIP material. They did nothing!


55 posted on 07/18/2024 12:22:26 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: TigerClaws

If I held an elected office to congress as a Republican, I’d be DEMANDING an appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate.

EVERY single local, state, and federal gubmint official on site and every one that was involved off site should be put under oath and questioned and put on the public record.

Just how FECKLESS is the Republican wing of the Uniparty?

Congress and ONLY congress has the authority to appoint a special counsel despite the ruling of an appellate court which oversees the DC swamp.

My understanding is Justice Thomas signaled to Judge Cannon in Florida that any appointment of special counselor by any branch other that the legislative was unconstitutional.

The Democrats WEAPONIZED the appointment of a special counsel in the DC swamp to engage in lawfare against Trump.

For congress to appoint a special counsel to investigate is the perfect situation for appointing a special counsel.

The life of an innocent law abiding citizen was lost do the inactions of an agency of the federal gubmint, not to mention the near assassination of a presidential candidate who has been a target of EVERY kind of weapon both non-lethal and now lethal.

Those three clown senators can put on show and make some news by screaming at the Cheeto lady.

But an investigation is order, not by impotent all talk and no action posers like Jimmy Jordan, but by an independent prosecutor CONSTITUTIONALLY appointed by the legislative branch.

Mike Johnson needs to grow a pair and lead.

Someone in the congressional Republican caucus needs to lead.

It is not up to Trump to call for a special prosecutor but his party.

Supposedly Mikey is going to call for some kind of congressional task force.

Enough dog and pony shows.

I seen enough of those by both so-called opposition parties.

An independent special prosecutor, NOTHING LESS.


56 posted on 07/18/2024 12:22:55 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: themidnightskulker
Check the pings on his cell phones to find out the times and dates of his previous visits.

Bongino said on his radio program today that they did find just such a ping, but I am ashamed to say I don't remember the date. I think it was about ten days prior.

57 posted on 07/18/2024 12:23:38 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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He made multiple trips, and he had a ground pad, and all kinds of crap.
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58 posted on 07/18/2024 12:24:00 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: AnthonySoprano

I think Crooks was just as astonished as we are now that the roof had no one posted on it. He was a sniper of opportunity. Either that it was an inside job. We ready to go there?


59 posted on 07/18/2024 12:24:32 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: TigerClaws

The snipers that were supposed to be on the roof probably held the rifle for him until he got there.


60 posted on 07/18/2024 12:25:00 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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