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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had encrypted messaging accounts in Belgium, Germany, New Zealand
The New York Post ^ | 08/21/2024 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 08/21/2024 4:46:50 PM PDT by thegagline

Trump rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks used encrypted messaging accounts on various platforms located in Belgium, New Zealand and Germany, according to a member of a congressional task force investigating his assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), one of 13 lawmakers tapped to serve on the House bipartisan task force, told reporters at a Wednesday press conference at the Trump Hotel Chicago that the “overseas accounts” piqued his suspicion immediately regarding the shooter’s motives.”

“Why does a 19-year-old kid who is a health care aid need encrypted platforms not even based in the United States, but based abroad – where most terrorist organizations know it is harder for our law enforcement to get into?” asked Waltz.

“That’s a question I’ve had since day one,” the Republican panel member said, before pivoting to bash the US Secret Service and FBI for declining to release the full findings of their investigation into the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally. “They need to be releasing information as they come across it, because this wasn’t an isolated incident. The threats are continual,” Waltz claimed, citing the alleged “sophisticated plot” by an Pakistani national who paid off purported hitmen to assassinate Trump and other US officials.***

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: insidejob; trumpshooter
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19 years old and encrypted accounts in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany. The assassination attempt was an INSIDE JOB.
1 posted on 08/21/2024 4:46:50 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Trump must know that, but in public he continues to praise the SS.


2 posted on 08/21/2024 4:48:34 PM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: thegagline

Nothing to see here.


3 posted on 08/21/2024 4:50:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's mone)
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To: thegagline

I’ve got an encrypted mail account based in Switzerland. So what? Maybe ought to have a few more.


4 posted on 08/21/2024 4:51:03 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: maro

Trump is like that. It doesn’t mean that he’s not doing his diligence in regards to the operation. It wouldn’t surprise me if his own security was investigating the operation.

It’s pretty standard to not drop information as to what one knows.


5 posted on 08/21/2024 4:53:28 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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" 19 years old and encrypted accounts in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany. The assassination attempt was an INSIDE JOB. "

Don't look now but your paranoia is showing.

Just because the state of modern politics drives you to take precautions to protect your identity and/or private communications DOES NOT make you a potential presidential assassin.

6 posted on 08/21/2024 4:54:11 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: thegagline

What does it mean to have an encrypted account? Is a password protected TikTok, or gaming account encrypted?


7 posted on 08/21/2024 4:57:23 PM PDT by fso301
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To: thegagline

Waiting on the FBI ...

The secret service is sloppy. The FBI has been weaponized against Republicans, conservatives, and American patriots. The FBI protects Democrat voter fraud. The FBI sees no evil when it comes to illegal immigration, or crimes by anyone of a darker hue, to include intimidation by Muslims.


8 posted on 08/21/2024 4:58:56 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Scarborough: "This is the Best Biden ever.")
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To: thegagline

Wonder how his exit from the crime scene and then the country was supposed to go.

And will his folks get the money when the coast is clear?
Their role finished.


9 posted on 08/21/2024 5:01:47 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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> Trump must know that, but in public he continues to praise the SS. <

I can’t blame him for that. Trump is still surrounded by armed Secret Service agents. Best to keep them happy. At least for now.

Side note: What percent of the SS hierarchy would prefer that Trump be “not around”? 1%? 90%? It is deeply disturbing that we even have to consider such a thing.


10 posted on 08/21/2024 5:05:03 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Paal Gulli

He’s not paranoid if they really were trying to get Trump killed.


11 posted on 08/21/2024 5:05:10 PM PDT by ohioman
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Bookmark


12 posted on 08/21/2024 5:08:13 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: thegagline

Looks like conspiracy to commit murder.

A LOT LIKE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER.

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13 posted on 08/21/2024 5:08:20 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sad to hear it but on a rerun of the original Law and Order Jesse L. Martin and Jerry Orbach came upon a person injured but not killed by a distant sniper.

Martin: A little to the side and he would have been dead.

Orbach: Six inches to the side and Lincoln could have stayed to see the end of the play.


14 posted on 08/21/2024 5:10:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: thegagline
The Deep State has offices worldwide.

15 posted on 08/21/2024 5:12:03 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Paal Gulli

Is it paranoia or is ignorance bliss?
Stay tuned to find out.


16 posted on 08/21/2024 5:13:26 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what was burdening before )
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To: Paal Gulli

“”Just because the state of modern politics drives you to take precautions to protect your identity and/or private communications DOES NOT make you a potential presidential assassin.””

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Mmmm, paranoia has nothing to do with this (or any other) situation involving the current corrupt American government.

And it isn’t paranoia when you hear the zzzzz-pop of rounds coming within arms reach.

Thanks for playing...

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17 posted on 08/21/2024 5:15:03 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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The Feds threw so much disinformation into this case, they really didn’t want people to know anything.

Very obvious.

The Van. The really didn’t want that Van attached to that boy, Crooks. Big Time.

Disinformation is the game. And they knew the Republicans would lay down pretty fast and play ball. Long record of that.


18 posted on 08/21/2024 5:15:27 PM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: thegagline

It was probably for all the girls he was communicating with.


19 posted on 08/21/2024 5:15:41 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: thegagline

Yeah, I remember when I was nineteen, infiltrating the CCCP, dead drops, secret writing, assassinated heads of state and worked at a skateboard factory.


20 posted on 08/21/2024 5:15:53 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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