Staff Reports
FBI Director Christopher Wray recently spilled the beans during a House hearing on a rather bizarre detail: Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin of Donald Trump, conducted an internet search asking how far Lee Harvey Oswald was from President John F. Kennedy when he pulled the trigger. Anyone with half a brain can see that such a question would indicate a serious fixation on political violence, yet somehow makes it to the FBI’s list of shocking revelations. One has to wonder what other golden nuggets the FBI has dug up in its infinite wisdom: “Is it illegal to shoot a former president?” might have been a better search term.
The audacity of this incident is staggering. Crooks fired shots from a rooftop, approximately 150 yards away, targeting Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, just a few months ago. Ironically, it seems that instead of finding credible intelligence and keeping potential threats in check, the FBI might need to revisit its training courses on identifying misguided youth with questionable search history. The agency is still scrambling to figure out Crooks’ motive, as if it were a high-stakes mystery novel instead of a documented assassination attempt.
FBI Director Wray tells Congress would-be Trump assassin sought info about the Kennedy assassination https://t.co/ih03FzRzVx via @JustTheNews
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Wray gathered the House Judiciary Committee into a powwow where he confirmed Crooks had no known accomplices, leaving many scratching their heads. How can someone fall off the FBI’s radar and still amass a collection of 14 firearms in their home? One might call that an “overdue housewarming gift” for a home that surely must be decked out like a gun shop. The FBI’s ability to track such individuals raises questions—especially when it comes to protecting former presidents, which seems to be a rather fundamental duty from law enforcement.
Meanwhile, Wray divulged that this Crooks character had been obsessing over Trump in the week leading up to his attempted assassination. So let’s connect the dots. A man searches for historical assassinations, obsessively follows Trump, takes a rooftop shot at a rally, and somehow remains under the radar of the FBI. If this isn’t an indication of failure on the agency’s part, then perhaps they should consider starting their own version of the “FBI: Fatally Blindsided Investigation” series.
The hearings are piling up like leftist conspiracy theories about electoral fraud. Despite the multiple testimonies from various officials, including former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned just one day after speaking, the FBI is still poring over their notes, as if waiting for a lightning bolt of clarity to strike. They might want to revamp their approach to accountability and transparency, which could be an ever-elusive concept in today’s political landscape.
In Wray’s estimation, the entire chilling affair is not only a criminal act but a “threat to democracy.” It’s humorous that political violence is being decried with a holler of civility, while simultaneously, various political factions lay the groundwork for justification of violence as a means of protest. It’s hard to see how a country becomes stronger when its own law enforcement agencies appear ill-equipped to prevent such heinous attacks. But rest assured, Wray and the FBI are on the case—taking their sweet time figuring out how someone could take aim at a former President without a hitch.
