https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-trump-shooter-patel-bondi-b2865550.htmlMore than a year after Thomas Crooks opened fire on Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, one of the most influential figures in conservative media says Trump’s hand-picked Justice Department leaders are concealing important information about how the 20-year-old would-be assassin got within a rifle’s distance of a former president — and what motivated him to do so.
In an episode of his eponymous podcast released on Friday, Carlson took aim at current FBI Director Kash Patel, his predecessor Christopher Wray, and Patel deputy (and ex-Secret Service agent) Dan Bongino, each of whom he accuses of concealing key facts about Crooks and the security failures that led to him coming within “a quarter-inch” of making what would’ve been a fatal head-shot on Trump.
He also broadly impugned the Department of Justice, headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, which has oversight over the FBI.
“Thomas Crooks came within a quarter inch of destroying this country, and yet, a year and a half later, we still know almost nothing about him or why he did it. That's because, for some reason, the FBI, even the current FBI, doesn't want us to know,” Carlson said.
The former Fox News host continued, telling viewers that the Justice Department and FBI “have hidden from the public what they know” about the would-be assassin and stating that his report would “reveal details of Crooks’ social media accounts” while asking why the FBI was keeping his views a secret.
He then launches into a surprisingly detailed account of how he and his staff came to possess and authenticate copies of much of Crooks’ social media history and online footprint, which he says leads to the conclusion that Crooks “was not some secretive lone wolf who never warned anyone that he was planning violence.”
