Trump Assassin Mysterious Texts
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President Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks, exchanged messages with an “unknown contact” about 3D-printed “parts” and seemingly chatted in code words with another unidentified individual, FBI documents released Friday show.
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Federal investigative records obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and reviewed by The Post last month showed that Crooks’ father told investigators that his son owned a 3D printer and once tried to fashion his own handgun.
“Using carbon fiber plastic, a dryer and a toaster oven, Thomas did once create a Glock 19,” the gunman’s father, Matthew, told investigators.
“These latest records reveal more pieces of the puzzle surrounding Thomas Crooks,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
“The FBI should stop the slow drip of heavily redacted records and immediately provide the full investigative record — especially since the death last week of James Copenhaver, who was severely injured from being shot during the assassination attempt on President Trump.”
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Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, had been exchanging cryptic messages about 3D printing with an unknown contact prior to the shooting. Judicial Watch obtained FBI documents revealing that Crooks responded affirmatively to inquiries about 3D-printed parts and fan blades, suggesting he was engaged in potentially illegal…
Trump’s attempted assassin sent mysterious texts about 3D printer leading up to Butler, Pa. shooting: report →2 articles from New York Post on this storyThomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, exchanged mysterious text messages with an unknown contact about 3D printing before the shooting. The texts from February and early 2024 include cryptic references like "Did you 3D print the parts?" and "Yes, except for the fan blades." Additionally, Judicial Watch obtained FBI…
Trump's attempted assassin sent mysterious texts about 3D printer leading up to Butler, Pa. shooting: report →Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 election rally, exchanged text messages about 3D printing with an unknown contact before the incident. According to FBI records obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA lawsuit, Crooks confirmed he had printed parts for something except fan blades in February 2023. His father told investigators that Crooks once attempted to create…
Attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks sent mysterious text messages about a 3D printer before shooting →Analysis
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- 2 Oct
“Did you 3D print the parts?” read a Feb. 9, 2023, message Crooks received on his Samsung device from an individual described by the FBI as an “unknown contact.”
- 3 Oct
Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.
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3 Oct Attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks sent mysterious text messages about a 3D printer before shootingThomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 election rally, exchanged text messages about 3D printing with an unknown contact before the incident. According to FBI records obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA lawsuit, Crooks confirmed he had printed parts for something except fan blades in February 2023. His father told investigators that Crooks once attempted to create…Daily Mail
3 Oct Trump’s attempted assassin sent mysterious texts about 3D printer leading up to Butler, Pa. shooting: reportThomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, had been exchanging cryptic messages about 3D printing with an unknown contact prior to the shooting. Judicial Watch obtained FBI documents revealing that Crooks responded affirmatively to inquiries about 3D-printed parts and fan blades, suggesting he was engaged in potentially illegal…New York Post
3 Oct Trump's attempted assassin sent mysterious texts about 3D printer leading up to Butler, Pa. shooting: reportThomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, exchanged mysterious text messages with an unknown contact about 3D printing before the shooting. The texts from February and early 2024 include cryptic references like "Did you 3D print the parts?" and "Yes, except for the fan blades." Additionally, Judicial Watch obtained FBI…Fox News
2 Oct Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks texted mystery persons about his 3D printer and ‘gifts’FBI documents released on Friday reveal that Thomas Crooks, who attempted to assassinate President Trump in July 2024, exchanged messages with unidentified contacts about 3D-printed parts and other coded communications. The texts include discussions about coursework and mysterious exchanges involving "gifts" and seemingly encoded messages like "red." Additionally, the documents detail FBI extraction of images and…New York Post
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