Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made another big disclosure in the case of the attempted murder of former President Donald Trump during his rally in Pennsylvania. The FBI has released new pictures of the conspiracy to kill Trump. Also, foreign involvement has been denied in this assassination attempt. According to the FBI, Thomas Crooks fired several bullets from an AR-15-style rifle during the rally, one of which hit Donald Trump’s ear. He did not just want to kill Trump by shooting, but had also prepared an explosive device for this. Which he had kept in his car. The FBI has recovered this device from the attacker’s car.
According to America’s CBS News, the shooter was on the roof of a manufacturing plant located about 130 yards from the stage at the Butler Farm Show Ground. The FBI has revealed that gunman Thomas Crooks carried out this incident alone. There is no evidence of any foreign involvement in this case. However, the investigating agency said that the motive behind the assassination attempt is still not clear.
The attacker wanted to blow up Trump with an explosive device
The FBI has also recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) from the vehicle of Trump’s attacker Thomas Crooks. He wanted to blow up Trump by fitting it. 20-year-old Thomas Crooks has different ideologies. Before killing Trump, the attacker collected information about Trump more than 60 times. After this, he also registered online for the rally.
The gunman had made a “constant big effort” to attack a large gathering before targeting the Republican presidential candidate at a Pennsylvania rally in July. On July 13, the attacker opened fire on Trump. During this, Thomas Crooks was shot dead by the US Secret Service counter sniper team at the rally.
