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Who was Thomas Crooks? One year later, motive and missed warnings haunt Trump rally shooting
Fox News ^ | July 11, 2025 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

Posted on 07/11/2025 11:01:11 AM PDT by george76

Shooter's motives still unclear despite extensive investigation into the attack that nearly changed American history..

As the one-year mark nears since the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, questions remain unanswered; notably, why did Thomas Matthew Crooks carry out the attack, and how did he get so close?

Despite the year's passage, the mystery endures surrounding the 20-year-old Pennsylvania native’s motivation. Fox News Digital spoke with two former federal officials about the lingering questions.

Former FBI agent John Nantz said Crooks did not fit the profile of a politically motivated extremist.

"Crooks looked not so much like an ideologue, not so much like an individual who was being directed in some way to conduct an assassination attempt, but more like a person with anti-social issues that may have been seeking notoriety,"

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One year later: Lingering questions about Crooks' motive While investigators have not identified a definitive ideological or political motivation, the FBI has suggested a complex interplay of personal grievances, mental health issues and a desire for notoriety to lead to the attack.

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The breakdown on July 13 led to bipartisan calls for then-USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign. After her resignation, Ronald Rowe Jr., who was serving as the deputy director, was appointed as the acting director.

He held the position until Jan. 22, when Sean Curran, a veteran agent who had been part of Trump's protective detail during the assassination attempt, was appointed as the 28th director of the USSS.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: assassination; attempted; banglist; bondibashing; bondiwhiners; bondiwhining; maxwellyearick; obsessedwhining; pennsylvania; tdstrolling; thomascrooks; trump
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To: george76

Its interesting how fast Crooks body was toasted after the shooting.


41 posted on 07/11/2025 4:00:31 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: george76

I have no lingering doubts.


42 posted on 07/11/2025 5:48:13 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: george76

The parents cleaned up the house and hired lawyers that they cannot afford. Why are they free?


43 posted on 07/12/2025 1:15:43 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Likely USAID money and FBI contractors / fixers cleaned up the DNA, etc. ?


44 posted on 07/12/2025 2:50:06 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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