Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks’ laptop has just been accessed by the FBI.
And now, they are saying that the shooter may have been planning to kill BOTH Donald Trump and Joe Biden…
Apparently, Crooks had been searching for dates of Trump’s public appearances and the Democratic National Convention.
He also was looking up photos of both Trump and Biden, as well as other politicians.
Crooks also posted on the gaming platform Steam, “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.”
BREAKING – Shooter may have planned to kill Biden and Trump: Fox reports that Senators were briefed on Thomas Crooks’ post on Steam: “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.”
NOTE: His laptop showed searches for Trump, Biden, the DNC convention, and the July 13 Trump… pic.twitter.com/omwvRnTPGE
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) July 18, 2024
🚨BREAKING- Senators were told in the "all-member" briefing today that Thomas Crooks wrote on a gaming platform called ‘Steam’,
“July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds”
In the SHOOTER'S laptop, they found a few searches in July of: Trump, Biden, when is DNC… pic.twitter.com/zROp1QV7yj
— Diligent Denizen (@DiligentDenizen) July 18, 2024
Here’s what The New York Times reported:
F.B.I. officials told members of Congress on Wednesday that the gunman who tried to kill former President Donald J. Trump used his cellphone and other devices to search images of Mr. Trump and President Biden, along with an array of public figures.
The 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., also looked up dates of Mr. Trump’s appearances and the Democratic National Convention, according to people on two conference calls held to answer lawmakers’ questions.
And, at least once, his browsing history signaled concerns about his own mental state. He also seems to have previewed his attack on Steam, a gaming platform he frequented, telling fellow gamers he planned to make his “premiere” on July 13, the day of the shooting.
The disclosures, made during private briefings to lawmakers by the F.B.I. and the head of the embattled Secret Service, offered the most complete portrait so far of a would-be assassin with no criminal history, or even clearly discernible political beliefs, who came close to killing Mr. Trump. Still, no clear motive for the attack has emerged.
The official assessment aligned with recollections of people who knew him. Several former classmates have said they never heard the gunman express any particular political ideology. But Vincent Taormina, a former classmate who said he attended middle school and high school with the gunman, said in an interview that Mr. Crooks showed a general disdain for politicians in both parties.
He recalled one instance when the two were in seventh grade. During a classroom political debate, Mr. Taormina voiced his support for Mr. Trump. Mr. Crooks seemed incredulous.
“He says, ‘Aren’t you Hispanic? And you like Trump?’” Mr. Taormina said. “He said, ‘That’s a little stupid.’”
Mr. Taormina brushed off the encounter, and had few other interactions with Mr. Crooks. But he disputed other classmates’ accounts that the gunman had been bullied or had been a loner, saying that he was intelligent and had his own small group of friends.
“I did not know him personally or as a friend, but he was not bullied, he was not a recluse,” Mr. Taormina said.
The F.B.I. has been scouring Mr. Crooks’s possessions since the shooting on Saturday — including two phones and at least one laptop — for clues about his motive. So far, they have found no indication that Mr. Crooks, who was a registered Republican, had strong partisan political views one way or another, bureau officials told lawmakers.
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This is an interesting development…
Now, keep in mind, it’s the FBI that is reporting all this in a meeting behind closed doors. I wouldn’t suggest ever trusting what they say at face value.
But, we all know Democrats and the Deep State don’t want Biden or Trump.
Could this have been their plan all along? To assassinate them both and overhaul the election, replacing both nominees with candidates of their choosing?
OR — is this just a cover-up and Biden’s team trying to gain sympathy from the attack on Trump?
What do you think?
Opinions are mixed online:
This BOY is not the culprit… it’s a three letter agency behind it if not all of them!
— The doppelgängers 🇺🇸 (@Marcie2316) July 18, 2024
Oh give me a break, they’re so mad they got caught this cover up is getting flat out ridiculous
— Andrew campbell (@Drewcampbell21) July 18, 2024
Oh the laptop that the FBI has in their possession? I’m sure there’s no way they have access to mechanisms to alter his search history. Get real!
— Gypsy1776 (@oneilkagypsy) July 18, 2024
Disinformation in attempt for the Biden Team to co-opt sympathy. I still remember this: pic.twitter.com/8iwGcTAyI8
— Khazaria Sucks (@WhatFreedomwas) July 18, 2024
I don’t believe that at all. It’s a cover up.
— Missy 🇺🇸❤️ (@Amitt52) July 18, 2024
Simon,
Please do not believe Democrat BS.
The loser only hated Trump
— 🇺🇸 ʟᴇғᴛ ᴄᴏᴀˢᴛ ᴠᴀɢʀᴀɴᴛ 🇺🇸 (@Baklava_USA) July 18, 2024
This has so many layers to it. Will we ever find out the truth.
— Croxxed Out (@FLCons) July 18, 2024
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