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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: Paladin2
They’ve reported it’s a U-Haul van?
White van leaves a lot of open interpretation like white box trucks did in DC Metro area awhile back
To: Biblebelter
.
Republicans always surrender after talking big initially.
The Investigations are always timed to expire after the Perps retire, age out, or move on.
People died before Durham got around to saying nothing to see here.
It’s a Scam from start to finish.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:27:20 PM PDT
by
AnthonySoprano
(Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
To: delchiante
‘
The Van had significant areas of Primer.
I doubt it was rented from any place reputable.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:28:49 PM PDT
by
AnthonySoprano
(Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
To: TigerClaws
To: All
They haven’t got around to doing anything about it.
It’s only been seven years.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:31:18 PM PDT
by
AnthonySoprano
(Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
To: TigerClaws
He was probably camping out for a week gathering firewood hunting fishing and hiding guns before they noticed him
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:32:02 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: PMAS
He knew he could not get the rifle through the metal detector and bag search. So he may have visited the fairgrounds a couple of days in advance and hid the rifle under some leaves in the surrounding woods a few hundred yards from the stage. FBI should have done a sweep but I don’t know if sniffer dogs would detect a rifle.
To: delchiante
If it were a U-Haul, it would likely be all lettered up.
The video of it getting hauled off didn’t show any logos.
It was white, like many commercial trucks and could be part of another rental fleet.
Other rental companies could have lots of AZ plates, like U-Haul does.
Didn’t the FIB has a number of white vans hauling in its assets to the Capitol on J6?
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:37:45 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: phil00071
He asked his dad for the rifle that morning thus he couldn’t have stashed it in advance.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:37:54 PM PDT
by
1_Rain_Drop
( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
To: TigerClaws
He had the rifle wrapped up in paper like a package and told anyone who asked that it was just curtain rods for his apartment, of course-that worked for another presidential assassin...
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:38:46 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: ThePatriotsFlag
Isn’t it curious that there has been no picture of the actual gun? Those always show up early so the anti-gun nazis can start yelling about it. Rather.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:47:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
To: maro
Answer 1: Individuals say he was scoping the building out 3 hours before and 30 minutes before shooting.
Answer 2: Arizona?
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:49:08 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Gender dysphoria is now a federally protected mental illness.)
To: markman46
Probably not. An AR style carbine is still about 24” long even if you take it apart at the pushpins.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:52:16 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Gender dysphoria is now a federally protected mental illness.)
To: TigerClaws
The following experts are professionals and they all say the roof slope is very, VERY dangerous. They advise that these maneuvers should NOT be attempted by any USSS personnel.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:57:26 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: TigerClaws
This has all the hallmarks of something James Clapper and John O. Brennan concocted up.... 😒😑🙄
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:57:50 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: JewishRighter
“It was behind a pile of boxes in the book depository.”
I’ve been there, it’s creepy.
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posted on
07/18/2024 12:58:30 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: TigerClaws
Anyone see the obvious flaw here?
hid the weapon in advance, according to a Secret Service source.
It was not immediately clear where he hid it
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posted on
07/18/2024 1:00:37 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
To: wardamneagle
Don’t think there were dogs- safety hazard with The Slope- be inhumane.
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posted on
07/18/2024 1:01:33 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(ScreamingEagleMom)
To: TigerClaws
Was Hillary’s receipt for the gun found on his body?
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posted on
07/18/2024 1:18:23 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: central_va
Trump was ALLOWED to go on stage amidst an UNRESOLVED, KNOWN and ACTIVE security threat, and you ask “inside job”?
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posted on
07/18/2024 1:21:06 PM PDT
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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