"They knew-

Donald Trump's would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was at the former president's rally three hours before shooting him and sparked the suspicions of the Secret Service because he was carrying a rangefinder used by hunters to take long shots. The 20-year-old gunman told his boss that he needed the day off from work on Saturday and gave colleagues a final chilling message: That he would be back on Sunday. At around 3pm on Saturday, Crooks was spotted at the rally's security screening area and tried to pass through metal detectors with the rangefinder, which is used by shooters to measure distance, CNN reported. The device, which looks like a small pair of binoculars, would not have prevented him getting into the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but did put him on law enforcement's radar. The Secret Service watched him but lost track of Crooks when he left the secure area. He is then believed to have collected the rifle he used to shoot Trump, kill a rally attendee and wound others, from his car, which also contained a bulletproof vest and two explosive devices. Then, about 40 minutes before the shooting, Crooks was back on the Secret Service radar. A photograph showing the sniper appearing to crawl on the ground while scouring the area was circulated to law enforcement as a suspicious sighting at 5:30pm. Around 6:11pm, Crooks took up a position on a slanted roof and shot at Trump from a distance of around 165 yards, wounding him in the ear and killing retired fire chief Corey Comperatore. Witnesses spotted Crooks crawling onto the roof of the American Glass Research building. A Secret Service counter-sniper team codenamed 'Hawkeye' also spotted him looking at their position through the rangefinder.
The latest bombshell developments raised more questions about the massive security failures that led to the attempted assassination of the former president. Law enforcement took a photo of Crooks an hour before the shooting, adding to mounting evidence that they knew of his presence well before he pulled the trigger. Two more newly released images also show a bicycle owned by Crooks that was recovered close to the scene, and a remote detonator, which was recovered from his dead body alongside his cellphone. It was later revealed that the detonator was connected to explosives found in his car."

They're really trying to push the Crooks guy. Almost assuredly means it wasn't him.

the shooter was known to us before hand

Color me shocked

https://x.com/josettecaruso/status/1813685972720115970

https://twstalker.com/josettecaruso/status/1813685972720115970

i thought his name was Crooke.

Are we already changing his name?