Been a question of mine from the beginning.
(some misinfo in the read. It's been debunked that the bike/backpack was Crooks)
Why would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks remains an infuriating enigma weeks after shooting
By Jack Morphet, Josh Christenson and Chris Nesi
Published Aug. 26, 2024
Five weeks since the first attempted assassination of a current or former president in over 40 years, the public still has precious few answers about 20-year-old gunman
Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Since his identity became known, the FBI and members of Congress have been trying to piece together a motive,
scrutinizing every aspect of his life both online and off.
Even in his hometown of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a quiet suburb of Pittsburgh, neighbors say the Crooks family was always an enigma — and continues to be.
“Everybody around here knows each other, but no one knows them,” said Karen, 77, who lives on the same street as the Crookses and asked that her last name not be used.
“You can ask anybody on this street, they barely know these people. I didn’t even know their names.”
When federal authorities raided his family’s modest home in the wake of the shooting, agents seized hardware including his laptop,
two cellphones and multiple hard drives and flash drives.
The large amount of data recovered (around 4.5 terabytes) is a potential technological treasure trove for forensics teams, but authorities said getting definitive answers has been slow going due to the sheer volume of information to sift through.
However, it’s clear from congressional hearings — and the details that have emerged from FBI briefings with lawmakers — that investigators still have no satisfying answers for why Crooks targeted Trump.
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Five weeks since the first attempted assassination of a current or former president in over 40 years, the public still has precious few answers about 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
nypost.com