[ May 6, 2026 ]
It’s like they wanted something to happen.
- Texts show countersnipers aware of gunman long before previously thought
- They even had photos of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks circulating
Why were the police CLEARING Trump supporters from the area of the AGR building in Butler, PA?
And why did they keep Trump on stage KNOWING there was an imminent threat?
EVERYBODY in the area knew for SEVERAL MINUTES.
This video is extremely telling. pic.twitter.com/i93eCtridc
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 29, 2024
A group chat of those meant to protect Trump were aware that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was in their midst over 90 minutes before Trump was shot at, rather than an hour as the FBI had previously claimed.
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Newly surfaced texts show Trump rally gunman was on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before shooting: report
By: David Propper, NY Post, July 29, 2024:
Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks landed on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before he opened fire at the former president’s Pennsylvania campaign rally — roughly a half-hour more than what officials previously claimed — according to newly released text messages.
Text messages between members of the Beaver County Emergency Service Unit obtained by the New York Times revealed a more concrete — and earlier — timeline leading up to the shooting that grazed the former president’s ear, injured two rallygoers and killed one.
ADVERTISEMENTThe messages also revealed that Crooks, 20, was aware of the law enforcement presence as he prepared his assassination attempt on the GOP nominee.
“Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know,” a counter-sniper texted a colleague as he headed out around 4:26 p.m.
“I’m just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there sitting to the direct right on a picnic table about 50 yards from the exit,” he wrote of the suspicious person who turned out to be Crooks.
Around 5:10 p.m., Crooks was below the counter-snipers who were inside the AGR International building warehouse where the 20-year-old eventually climbed onto the roof and from which he fired his AR-15, the Times reported.
One of the counter-snipers took photos of him and shared them in a group chat around 5:38 p.m.
An officer also wrote in a text that they should tell the Secret Service about the suspicious person as the range finder he had on him alarmed authorities, the newspaper reported.
“Kid learning around the building we are in. AGR I believe it is,” the text reads. “I did see him with a range finder looking towards stage. FYI. If you wanna notify SS snipers to look out. I lost sight of him.”
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