Overview
- FBI leaders reiterated that Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone in the July 2024 shooting at President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Officials detailed more than 1,000 interviews, over 2,000 tips reviewed, 10+ search warrants, about 100 subpoenas, and 13 seized devices, with roughly 485 personnel assigned.
- Investigators accessed Crooks’ email accounts hosted in Germany and Belgium within days and reported no connection to foreign governments or individuals.
- Agents reported no manifesto or clear motive, and said Crooks had a limited record of political statements advocating violence in 2019–2020.
- The bureau described case evidence including a .223 rifle, eight shots fired, 22 unfired rounds and unused magazines in his vehicle, and an undetonated explosive device, while publicly rejecting cover-up claims; Lara Trump said the president is satisfied with the findings.