Fresh evidence indicates that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the individual suspected of making an attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, had meticulously prepared for his attack at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club.
This facility is frequently visited by various federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Documents released by Grassley’s office on Thursday reveal that Crooks became a member of the gun club on August 10, 2023.
His concerning behavior is underscored by the fact that he visited the shooting range 20 times within just four months of joining.
Notably, his commitment to practicing with rifles was apparent, as 80% of his visits were solely dedicated to honing his skills with long guns.
“He focused almost exclusively on the rifle range throughout 2024,” Grassley’s office said in a statement per the New York Post.
Crooks frequented the club 43 times in the last year, and even celebrated major holidays such as Christmas Day, Valentine’s Day, and Halloween while remaining undetected by federal law enforcement.
Crooks’ last appearance at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club took place just a day before his attempted assassination of Trump.
According to ABC News, “The Clairton Sportsmen’s Club previously confirmed to ABC News that Crooks visited the gun club for the last time on July 12 — the day before the rally. He visited the range at 2:45 p.m. local time that day, according to the records released by Grassley’s office.”
In a recent broadcast, Fox News’ Jesse Watters highlighted the disturbing nature of the evidence.
“It’s been a month since Trump was nearly killed, and the FBI has barely said a word about what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thankfully, Congress is churning out new information to help the American people understand what happened,” Watters said.
He continued, “Turns out that Crooks first joined the Clarendon Gun Club in August of last year, just a year ago, and then visited the range 43 times. Crooks even spent holidays at the shooting range, including Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Halloween. And his parents didn’t think this was strange.”
Even more concerning is that the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club was not simply a neighborhood shooting range, but also served as a key location for federal law enforcement training.
Agencies such as DHS, responsible for overseeing the Secret Service, frequently conducted training exercises at the facility.
This indicates that Crooks was refining his abilities right under the supervision of federal agents entrusted with safeguarding national security.
“The shooting range was crawling with feds. Multiple local and federal law law enforcement agencies trained at this facility, including the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Secret Service. Crooks was training under federal law enforcement’s nose. We’re now seeing just how close they got to each other. Just two months before trying to kill Trump, Crooks was at the range within 24 hours of a Homeland Security Office training session,” Jesse Watters said.
WATCH:
An analysis of mobile ad data found that an individual who frequently visited Crooks’ residence in Pennsylvania also frequented a building near an FBI office in DC.
The Oversight Project identified nine devices associated with AD-IDs that had been at Crooks’ home and workplace within the past year.
Per the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project: “We found the assassin’s connections through our in-depth analysis of mobile ad data to track movements of Crooks and his associates.”
“To do this, we tracked devices that regularly visited both Crooks’s home and place of work and followed them,” the Oversight Project said.
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