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Thomas Crooks’ phone yields no clues about motive for Trump assassination attempt — attention turns to his laptop: sources
NY Post ^ | 7/15/24 | Alex Oliveira

Posted on 07/15/2024 6:35:41 PM PDT by Libloather

Thomas Crooks’ phone has offered federal investigators no clear explanations about why the 20-year-old from suburban Pittsburgh tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Investigators have now turned their attention to the shooter’s laptop in the hopes of uncovering clues about his motive — a question that has proven still elusive two days after the shooting that rocked the nation.

Investigators have been able to piece together some clues about Crooks’ movements in before the shooting at 6:11 p.m. on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Earlier in the day, he bought 50 rounds of ammunition from Allegheny Arms & Gun Works and a metal ladder from Home Depot, which he used to climb to the roof of a factory with a clear sight-line to Trump’s podium, sources said.

Sources said the AR-style assault rifle Crooks used belonged to his father — Matthew Brian Crooks, a licensed counselor who registered to vote as a Libertarian.

The dad called police sometime Saturday to report that his son was missing — along with one of the roughly 20 guns he owned and kept in their modest suburban home in Bethel Park, about 25 minutes south of Pittsburgh, according to sources.

Meanwhile, Jim Knapp, who retired from his job as the school counselor at Bethel Park High School in 2022, said Crooks had always been “quiet as a churchmouse,” “respectful” and kept to himself, although he did have a few friends.

He rarely came across Crooks because “he wasn’t a needy type kid,” Knapp said. Crooks was content to occasionally eat lunch by himself in the school cafeteria, said Knapp, who would engage such students to see if they wanted company.

“Kids weren’t calling him names, kids weren’t bullying him,” Knapp said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassin; assassination; cellphone; crooks; failedassassin; laptop; libertarians; motive; secretservice; thomascrooks; trump; trumpshooter
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To: dforest

Is that the video that is claimed to be him at Arizona State University? Because that one was taken in 2020 when he would have been 17 and still in high school, so it is presumed to not really be him.


41 posted on 07/15/2024 7:08:09 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion

Yeah.... think it was Yearly or some such.


42 posted on 07/15/2024 7:09:30 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Libloather

Maybe these “federal investigators” ought to be investigating on why the SS was pulled back so much in personnel and not covering the areas they should have. I know that Dan Bongino can be annoying at times but his experience with the SS and White House duties makes him knowledgeable, today’s podcast had endless unanswered questions of the incompetence of the SS. The overall neglect of this campaign event will scare the hell out of you, no wonder the President Trump was shot at as it was so easy.

Your tax dollars at work.


43 posted on 07/15/2024 7:09:50 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Whatever. You trust the Government after all the lies they spew.


44 posted on 07/15/2024 7:10:42 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: noiseman

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Yep. Looks like he made multiple trips, and nobody bothered him.

He was ID’d as a poison pill 30 mins before he pulled the trigger, but no one did anything.


45 posted on 07/15/2024 7:11:01 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: heartwood

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They are saying he placed the Ladder.

It was his ladder.


46 posted on 07/15/2024 7:12:43 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: butterdezillion

Does anyone believe anything the feds say about anything? They continue to lie about JFK ‘s murder...covid & covid treatment...the 2020 insurrection by stolen election, the Ukraine war...and almost anything/everything else. May these sociopaths rot in ...


47 posted on 07/15/2024 7:13:10 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: LastDayz

Yearick is the last name. See https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4251335/posts?page=184#184 and followup on that thread for more discussion and photos about it.

There is a video of somebody claiming to be Crooks saying the FBI got the wrong guy because he’s still alive on Saturday night but that is a fake. The image of the dead guy on the roof has been confirmed to be genuine so that is what the analysis of the ears is focused on.


48 posted on 07/15/2024 7:14:10 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Libloather

Anyone trust government?


49 posted on 07/15/2024 7:14:27 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Libloather

Ya, no hints about ANTIFA affiliation........Sure.....


50 posted on 07/15/2024 7:15:00 PM PDT by G Larry (Its RACIST to impose slave wages on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing cheap ILLEGAL labor)
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To: hal ogen

I wonder if at some point we need to throw out all the FBI’s cases because they are simply not credible sources/investigators after all the crap they’ve pulled with tampering with evidence, altering records, etc. Until there are real consequences for the FBI and these other agencies destroying their own credibility there’s really no reason to believe anything that comes from them.

And that should scare everyone. Having a corrupt FBI is worse than having none.


51 posted on 07/15/2024 7:17:20 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion
>>was actually an Antifa guy

That was in a earlier thread today with side-by-side picks of the Anfifa guy and the dead actor…very similar and neither looking like Crooks, especially the chin.

The name of the Antifa guy was also mentioned in the main thread Saturday night.

52 posted on 07/15/2024 7:18:27 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Libloather

People who are responsible for this kid shooting
1. Donald Trump
2. Russia, Russia, Russia
3. Chicoms
4. Donald Trump
5. Deplorables
6. Bible believers
7. Donald Trump
8. NRA
9. Donald Trump
10. Donald Trump

It’s so simple! (this is /s)


53 posted on 07/15/2024 7:23:37 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Libloather
Thomas Crooks’ phone has offered federal investigators no clear explanations about why the 20-year-old from suburban Pittsburgh tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, law enforcement sources told The Post.

 

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54 posted on 07/15/2024 7:31:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Libloather
Why would there be evidence on his phone?

What sort of thing would you expect?

I'm really not getting this.

55 posted on 07/15/2024 7:31:40 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Deaf Smith

With the govt officials so untrustworthy, there’s a lot we can only be agnostic about, because there is no way for us to know the truth.

Some of the conflicting stories, etc are to keep us running in circles rather than focusing on what we can forensically know. All the stuff about Crooks could be that.

What we CAN know is glaringly obvious: the SS left the ideal assassin’s spot unguarded, the shooter knew it would be unguarded and shot from there, and nobody in law enforcement did anything to either stop him before he shot or to protect Trump.

They will claim incompetence. Lots of snipers saying nobody could be that incompetent, and no way the 20-year-old could have bypassed all security, gotten to that location, and pulled off these shots without help.

My guess is that if we’re going to find anything that could definitively prove this was deliberate, it would be through whistleblowers in the non-SS law enforcement agencies there - specifically the local cops. Or the other thing would be if the autists (or anybody) is able to find communications that haven’t yet been scrubbed from the dark web.


56 posted on 07/15/2024 7:32:33 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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57 posted on 07/15/2024 7:34:09 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Tipllub

The Feds are busy right now making bullet fragments match his rifle.....


58 posted on 07/15/2024 7:34:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: quantim

(why the SS was pulled back so much in personnel and not covering the areas they should have. )

It was explained the White House pulled Trump’s secret service protection and diverted them to an event where Jill Biden was attending in Pittsburgh. They whittled his protection down to a minimum to protect Jill. Trump had backups for replacement.


59 posted on 07/15/2024 7:35:01 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two wen't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: goodolemr

I’m guessing and this is just a guess... the shooter hated Trump and the people who support him.

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You’re under thinking this. Thinking just what the Feds want us to think.


60 posted on 07/15/2024 7:36:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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