Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks wrote a chilling online message that hinted to…
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Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks wrote a chilling online message that hinted to sinister plans for the day he shot up the former president’s Butler, Pa. rally over the weekend.
“July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” the 20-year-old gunman allegedly wrote on Steam, a popular online platform where gamers communicate with one another, Fox News reported.
The foreshadowing message was revealed to US senators during a briefing with top law enforcement officials on Wednesday.
Crooks, 20, also had images of the Republican presidential nominee as well as President Biden on his cellphone, and searched the dates of the Democratic National Convention and Trump’s Pennsylvania rally — where he shot the 45th president from a nearby rooftop, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Investigators are mining through the shooter’s phones and computer in search of answers to the assassination attempt — but have not yet identified a motive.
Their probe into the gunman’s search history did not reveal which side of the political spectrum Crooks — a registered Republican — was on, according to ABC News, which first reported the discovery.
Crooks, who was shot dead seconds after firing at the former president, had two cell phones — a primary one recovered near his body and a secondary one at his home that had just 27 contacts, according to Fox.
Details of his search history were released as news broke that 20 minutes passed between the time that Secret Service snipers first spotted Crooks perched on a roof with a rifle and the time he began firing at the former president.
The gunfire killed a 50-year-old married dad of two girls in attendance and injured two other rally-goers…
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