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America needs a fresh investigation of would-be assassin Thomas Crooks — AND the FBI’s bungled first probe

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19.11.2025

Miranda Devine discusses the new report on the Butler, Pa. shooting on 'America Reports.'

Why did the FBI either fail to track down major information about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks — or fail to make it public?

Indeed, shouldn’t the Bureau have been aware of Crooks’ alarming and visible social media profile long before he opened fire on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., last year?

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The information Miranda Devine shared in Monday’s Post directly contradicts public claims by then-FBI Director Chris Wray that Crooks was a mystery man with a thin or nonexistent online presence.

The methods Devine’s source used — starting with Crooks’ phone number to track down his accounts on YouTube, Snapchat, Venmo, Zelle, GroupMe, Discord, Google Play, Quizlet, Chess.com and Quora — can’t be alien to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Then-Republican presidential candidate........

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