What Is the FBI Covering Up About the First Trump Assassination Attempt?

Nine months have passed since that shocking day in Butler, Pa., when Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate President Trump. Yet despite the time that’s gone by, new details remain scarce—raising the question: is there a cover-up going on?

It looks like there might be.

Crooks has been described by those who knew him as a "seemingly mild-mannered" 20-year-old with nearly straight A's and an impressive 1530 SAT score. Yet suddenly, this academic achiever transforms into an assassin? And unlike virtually every other mass shooter in American history, he conveniently left no manifesto explaining why. So, what’s the real story? Well, we don’t know yet. The problem, of course, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The FBI wants us to believe Crooks acted alone, but sources have told The New York Post that the bureau has been actively obstructing efforts to solve the mystery of his motives. Even more troubling is the mounting evidence suggesting he wasn't acting alone.

Private investigator Doug Hagmann isn't buying the lone gunman theory—and neither should you. "We don't think he acted alone," Hagmann told The Post. "This took a lot of coordination. In my view, Crooks was handled by more than one individual and he was used for this [assassination attempt]. And I wouldn't preclude the possibility that there were people at the rally itself helping him."

Here's where it gets even more suspicious: Hagmann's team conducted geofencing analysis and discovered that one of the electronic devices located with Crooks during the shooting is still pinging today at Bethel Park High School.

If that doesn't set off alarm bells, nothing will.

The FBI claims they accessed Crooks' phone and other electronic devices, including encrypted messaging apps in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany. So where's the information? What did they find? Their silence speaks volumes.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) uncovered that while a Secret Service sniper delivered the fatal shot to Crooks, it was actually a local SWAT officer who initially took him down. Funny how that critical detail was missing from the FBI's reports, isn't it? Higgins believes Crooks acted alone but admits the FBI has continuously obstructed his investigation.

Perhaps the most damning evidence of a cover-up: Crooks's body was released to his parents just eight days after the shooting and promptly cremated—eliminating any possibility of further forensic analysis. Even more suspicious: Most officials involved in the investigation were kept completely in the dark about this decision.

The people who actually knew Crooks paint a very different picture than the "wild lunatic" narrative being pushed by the media. Xavier Harmon, his former teacher, said, "I don't think he set out to kill the president. My guess is, he messed with the wrong individuals about what they were going to do, and it was different from what he thought it was going to be."

Jim Knapp, a former guidance counselor, described Crooks as "a middle-of-the-road young man from a typical Bethel Park-type family" and believes "something happened" to him between high school graduation and the shooting.

Crooks's friend Mark Sigaroos nailed it: “It's presented like an open and shut case, like ‘Oh, he went crazy,’ but it doesn't really add up. It's like JFK.”

Some have floated the theory that Crooks was radicalized at Allegheny Community College, but his academic advisor Todd Landree disagrees. He remembers Crooks as being exceptionally bright—even creating a 3D-printed chess set for blind people, which Landree called "fantastic."

Despite Rep. Higgins being named chairman of a new subcommittee to continue the shooting investigation, Xavier Harmon is skeptical that the truth will ever come out.

"I just want everybody to understand who Thomas really was and the individual I knew," he said. "The monster being created is not the individual who sat in my classroom for two years. I'm going to focus my heart and my mind on that young man."

Nine months after the attempt on Trump's life, the American people are still being kept in the dark. What exactly is the FBI hiding, and why are they so determined to obstruct a full investigation?