Kash Patel Concludes Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks Acted Alone

Kash Patel has made a new announcement on the investigation into Trump shooter Thomas Crooks.

In a recent interview with Catherine Herridge, Patel shared the FBI has concluded that Thomas Crooks acted alone in his assassination attempt against President Trump.

Patel’s statement comes a week after Tucker Carlson released a documentary on Crooks that claimed he was contacted by a mysterious man months before the shooting took place.

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Straight to the Point Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel@FBIDirectorKash confirmed the FBI has concluded Thomas Crooks acted alone in the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA.

Patel addressed motive and foreign involvement.

"We chased those down."… https://t.co/fIQFRN3G5l pic.twitter.com/NPa7AXfiYm

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) November 25, 2025

WRIC reported more details on the FBI’s investigation into Thomas Crooks:

The FBI this week concluded its probe into the first assassination attempt against President Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last year, finding that the deceased suspect acted alone and without motive.

FBI Director Kash Patel, in an interview with Fox News, said Trump was informed of the FBI’s conclusion to its investigation “as a victim of this case” and said the president was “satisfied with the results and where we left it.” The probe was a “Day One priority” for the agency, Patel added.

“We have reviewed this case over and over — looked into every nugget,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Fox News Digital. “We have spoken to the families, the president — there is no cover-up here. There is no motive for it, there is no reason for it.”

Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the suspect after Secret Service agents shot and killed the 20-year-old after the suspect opened fire from the roof of a building at the Butler, Pa., event in July 2024. One rallygoer died from a gunshot wound and a bullet grazed the president’s ear.

Patel on Friday criticized former FBI Director Christopher Wray over the Biden administration’s handling of the case, and for not knowing “if it was a bullet that hit President Trump in the head.”

“The whole world knew it was a bullet,” he said. “For the number one law enforcement officer to say that — it causes a massive disbelief in the institution that Dan and I are now running. But that is the difference between then and now.”

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While the findings suggest Crooks acted alone, a senior FBI official who spoke with Fox News said if a credible lead is brought forth, “we’ll continue to investigate.”

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) also came under scrutiny following the shooting. Helen Comperatore, the wife of Corey Comperatore, the Trump supporter killed at the rally, cast blame for her husband’s death on the agency.

“We were all sitting ducks that day,” she told Fox News in July. “Our blood is all over their hands. I am angry. I lost the love of my life.”

Patel’s conclusion is a lot different then Tucker Carlson’s conclusion:

HOLY SH*T:

Tucker Carlson just revealed never before seen YouTube comments from Thomas Crooks, the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump.

Crooks was radicalized to hate Trump, during COVID, and routinely called for deasly political violence.

Why hasn't the FBI shared this? pic.twitter.com/ERZa0OxQ1I

— Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 (@EvanAKilgore) November 14, 2025

Tucker even flat out said the FBI lied, per KOMO:

Political commentator Tucker Carlson said he thinks certain members of the Trump administration are covering up crucial facts about the 20-year-old shooter who nearly killed the president last summer.

Thomas Crooks tried to assassinate now-President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. A bullet clipped Trump’s ear, just missing his head.

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Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, was killed, while two other men, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were hurt.

Now, Carlson is saying something just doesn’t add up. He is questioning why the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Crooks “had no online footprint” because he claims Crook left a “detailed digital trail of violent threats, including calls for assassination and political violence.”

The FBI lied, and we can prove it because we have his posts. The question is why?” Carlson wrote on X.

Crooks came within a quarter inch of destroying this country, and yet, a year and a half later, we still know almost nothing about him or why he did it,” he later added during the latest episode of his podcast, “The Tucker Carlson Show.”

That’s because, for some reason, the FBI, even the current FBI, doesn’t want us to know,” he said.

The FBI told us Thomas Crooks tried to kill Donald Trump last summer but somehow had no online footprint. The FBI lied, and we can prove it because we have his posts. The question is why? Story tomorrow.

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 13, 2025