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Former President Donald J. Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the F.B.I. as part of its investigation into the motives of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, bureau officials said on Monday. “We want to get his perspective on what he observed, like any other witness,” Kevin Rojek, the head of the bureau’s Pittsburgh field office, said on a call with reporters. By week’s end, the F.B.I. offered its most definitive explanation yet, saying it was a bullet or a fragment of one, a statement it reiterated on Monday.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, , ” Kevin Rojek, Mr, Trump’s, Christopher A, Wray, Thomas Crooks, Robert Fico Locations: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Slovakia
CNN —Donald Trump has agreed to sit for a victim interview with the FBI, which is investigating this month’s attempted assassination, an agency official said Monday. “The interview of the former president will be consistent with any other victim interview that we do,” Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, told reporters on a conference call Monday. The FBI wants to “get his perspective on what he observed, just like any other witness to the crime.”“It is a standard victim interview, like we would do for any other victim of crime under any other circumstances,” Rojek said. Crooks was “highly intelligent” and had a growing interest in shooting, Rojek said. But since they accessed the accounts, investigators found that the shooter was using the emails primarily to make online purchases.
Persons: Donald Trump, Kevin Rojek, , ” Rojek, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Rojek, Oswald, Kennedy ”, , Bobby Wells, ” Wells Organizations: CNN, FBI, Pittsburgh Field Office, Slovakian, Counterterrorism Division Locations: Washington ,
The FBI said Sunday that the shooter at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania acted alone and that it is still actively investigating the shooter’s background – including working to gain access to his phone. “We are working to get access to the phone,” Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, said Sunday. Rojek confirmed the gun used in the shooting was an AR-style rifle that was purchased legally. FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate also said the FBI is “seeing that tick up in the aftermath of this event. “The violence we saw yesterday is an attack on democracy itself,” Garland said.
Persons: Kevin Rojek, , ” Rojek, , Rojek, Bobby Wells, Paul Abbate, We’ve, General Merrick Garland, Biden, ” Garland Organizations: FBI, Counterterrorism Division Locations: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Quantico, Washington ,
A man fired “multiple shots” toward the stage during former President Donald J. Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday at around 6:15 p.m., killing one spectator and critically injuring two others, according to the Secret Service. Mr. Trump was rushed off the stage, blood visible around his right ear. An analysis by The New York Times suggested that the gunman had fired eight shots. The Secret Service said its personnel had killed the shooter. identified the man as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mr, Donald Trump, ” Kevin Rojek, Thomas Matthew Crooks Organizations: Secret, Service, Federal Bureau of, Police Department, The New York Times Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park
CNN —Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting. The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally. Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials. Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, according to a local media report and a video of the school’s commencement. When reached by CNN late Saturday night, Crooks’ father, Matthew Crooks, said he was trying to figure out “what the hell is going on” but would “wait until I talk to law enforcement” before speaking about his son.
Persons: Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Trump, he’d, Thomas Crooks, Crooks ’, Matthew Crooks, ” Kevin Rojek Organizations: CNN — Authorities, Secret Service, FBI, Trump, Secret, Bethel Park High School, Republican, Commission, Democratic, CNN Locations: Bethel Park , Pennsylvania, Butler, Newark , New Jersey, Bethel, Federal, Pittsburgh
Mr. Trump was rushed off the stage, blood visible around his right ear. The Secret Service said its personnel had killed the shooter. Secret Service agents then rushed Mr. Trump off the stage. Mr. Trump had been showing supporters a chart about the number of border crossings just minutes into his speech when the shots rang out. President Biden, in a nationally televised statement, expressed gratitude that Mr. Trump had been swiftly evacuated and said “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence.” He later spoke to Mr. Trump, according to the White House.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mr, Donald Trump, ” Kevin Rojek, Thomas Matthew Crooks, , , we’ve, Doug Mills, , Michael T, Sheriff Slupe, Dan Laurent, Biden, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Keir Starmer Organizations: Secret, Service, Federal Bureau of, Police Department, The New York Times, Rally Former, Secret Service, , U.S.A, Credit, New York Times, Republican National Committee, Republican, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Allegheny General Hospital, Trump, Democrat, Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Butler County, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, United States, America, Kentucky
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