Overview
- On July 13, 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the president, killing one attendee and being shot dead by Secret Service agents.
- After a multi‑year FBI probe that concluded Crooks acted alone with no foreign nexus, new interview summaries handed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley were published on September 15, 2026 and add granular detail to the record.
- The documents show Crooks used the delivery name 'Bob Dole' to order numerous online packages to his parents’ home that his father told investigators included rifle parts, tools and capacity‑increasing items.
- A note in the files records that an 'anonymous donor' paid for Crooks’ cremation days after the attack, renewing questions about the timing and handling of his remains by investigators.
- FBI interview excerpts from Crooks’ father depict long‑standing social isolation and a growing firearms obsession, and the new disclosures have prompted political accusations, renewed congressional review and calls for clearer procedures on tracing purchases and preserving evidence.