Late on Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump managed to escape a potentially deadly shooting. Some people have speculated that the shot that eventually only grazed his ears would have been dangerous if he had never turned his head when he did it.
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In the days following the incident, there have been many inquiries, including how the site was not properly secured and why the Biden management refused to provide the additional protection that Trump’s team had demanded. When we start to get responses, we’ll review these at PJ Media.  ,
One thing we do now know is the identity of the would-be assassin, which officials initially were n’t willing to provide during the press conference.  ,
Authorities release on the death effort against Trump:
” At this time, we are n’t ready to identify the shooter,” he added. We are close to that identification, and as soon as we are 100 % confident in who that individual is, we will share it with the press”. photograph. twitter.com/ruoomWyevi
— Townhall.com ( @townhallcom ) July 14, 2024
Around 1: 30 AM ET, the FBI identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel, Pennsylvania.
URGENT: According to a spokesman for the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office, the alleged gunman who attempted to assassinate past president Donald Trump is now being identified.
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Bethel Park, PA— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter ) July 14, 2024
About two hours before the formal FBI media release image, Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified by the NY Post. twitter.com/m9swczAOV7— Michael Tracey ( @mtracey ) July 14, 2024
Voter records indicate that Crooks was a registered Republican who had given just one political donation, a$ 15 donation to the ActBlue political action committee on Joe Biden’s inauguration day on January 20, 2021, according to Prem Thakker of The Intercept, on January 20, 2021.
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FBI actually identifies sniper as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
On January 20, 2021, on Biden’s inauguration day, Crooks, a registered Republican, donated a limited amount of$ 15 to a liberal PAC, according to voter records. photograph. twitter.com/orEO4hq1PS— Prem Thakker ( @prem_thakker ) July 14, 2024
Townhall’s Mia Cathell has more:
Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 2022 graduate from Bethel Park High School, is the identity of the Trump gunman, according to NYP. Here’s images of him accepting his certificate at initiation. For intellectual accomplishment, Crooks was given the National Math & Science Initiative Star Award. photograph. twitter.com/VcZnSV2upb— Mia Cathell ( @MiaCathell ) July 14, 2024
Despite the discovery of the gunman’s identification, some are saying that the shooter has been misidentified, including Trump affiliate Roger Stone.
My Sources say the failed Assassin was in fact Maxwell Yearick who first surfaced here https ://t.co/lvh0VEIgyu— Roger Stone ( @RogerJStoneJr ) July 14, 2024
Although some people are comparing pictures of the deceased sniper to photos of the other suspect and claiming they are the same person, it is unclear what” resources” he’s talking about or if there is any validity to his state.
Related:  , View: Video Shows Sniper Taking Out Would-Be Trump Assassin
