Overview

• President Trump said he considered the yearlong FBI investigation thorough and expressed satisfaction with its conclusion.
• He faulted the Secret Service for security lapses at the Butler rally, noting an unstaffed rooftop position and poor coordination with local police.
• Federal agencies reported no abnormal background factors in Crooks’s profile and found no evidence of a broader conspiracy.
• Investigators have not determined or publicly disclosed a motive behind Thomas Crooks’s July 13 attack.
• Records show Crooks held an associate degree in engineering science, worked at a nursing home, belonged to a shooting club and made a $15 ActBlue donation in 2021.