The FBI revealed that Thomas Crooks plot to assassinate former President Trump involved “careful planning” in the months leading up to the Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
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BUTLER,Penn.–The20-year-oldwhoattemptedtoassassinateformerPresidentTrumpataJuly13rallyinButler,Pennsylvania,“carefullyplanned”andscopedouttheButler,Pennsylvania,rally-sight,theFBIrevealedonMonday.
“Webelievethesubjectmadesignificanteffortstoconcealhisactivities,”FBIofficialssaidduringaconferencecall.
TheFBIsaidthatCrooksengagedin“carefulplanningaheadofthecampaignrally”priortothefatefulTrumprallythatleftonedeadandthreeinjured,includingtheformerpresident.
Crooks’meticulousplanningincludedvisitstotherallysight,theButlerCountyFairGrounds,aweekpriortotheshooting.
The20-year-oldalsowenttoashootingrangethedaybeforetheattacktopra
