New images have emerged of Thomas Crooks, former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, in Butler, Pennsylvania, showing him walking through the rally site about two hours before the attempted shooting. Additionally, he had allegedly encrypted email accounts with other people in Belgium, Germany and New Zealand, making Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) skeptical of the FBI’s repeated insistence that Crooks acted alone in an appearance. recently on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom.
Rep. Waltz, who is part of the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempt, said that despite briefings with the FBI and the Secret Service, “it’s shocking how little we know. “They are not yet in a position to communicate about criminals. ‘ motivation. They haven’t been able to access all of those encrypted accounts yet. “
Despite this, the Florida congressman noted, “At the same time, they are quick to say that he acted alone. How did you build those [improvised explosive devices] and not cause any kind of alert with a fully functional remote detonator?How was he able to identify those encrypted accounts and why?
Rep. Waltz extra noted that Pakistani national Asif Merchant, an illegal alien who entered the country in April, was arrested for plotting an attack on Trump on behalf of Iran, to the point that he “paid a deposit to the hitmen. “observers and me recruiting protesters to entertain. “
Although no connection was made between Crooks and Merchant, Waltz was skeptical of the former’s insistence on acting alone, stating, “I don’t see how they come to that conclusion so quickly, given that in the same briefings they say, ‘We still don’t know. “I have a lot of information about him. “
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), another veteran who conducted his own independent investigation, alarmingly said: “We have decided that we have waited so long for the concept of discovering and distinguishing this from gross negligence or a felony of intentional negligence It will be almost impossible. “
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