It has been the better part of a year since Thomas Crooks tried to assassinate now-President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — and we’re somehow just learning that he attempted to acquire explosives that could, depending on how they were used, take down an entire building.
The revelation came as part of a CBS News report last week with the title “Trump shooter Thomas Crooks’ emails reveal a student dreaming of a bright future. And contemplating a violent attack.” Gotta love that order.
Indeed, the look at his emails provided CBS’ writers with one of those opens only a feature writer could love:
Thomas Matthew Crooks had a lot on his mind in January 2024.
The 20-year-old who, six months later, would open fire at President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally — striking his ear and killing an audience member — was busy polishing his applications to transfer from community college to a four-year engineering program.
Crooks was gathering transcripts and asking friends to review his personal statement.
He was also designing a bomb.
Oh. Yeah, kind of an important fact to throw into the mix.
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>It has been the better part of a year since Thomas Crooks tried to assassinate now-President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — and we’re somehow just learning that he attempted to acquire explosives that could, depending on how they were used, take down an entire building.
>The revelation came as part of a CBS News report last week with the title “Trump shooter Thomas Crooks’ emails reveal a student dreaming of a bright future. And contemplating a violent attack.” Gotta love that order.
>Indeed, the look at his emails provided CBS’ writers with one of those opens only a feature writer could love:
>Thomas Matthew Crooks had a lot on his mind in January 2024.
>The 20-year-old who, six months later, would open fire at President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally — striking his ear and killing an audience member — was busy polishing his applications to transfer from community college to a four-year engineering program.
>Crooks was gathering transcripts and asking friends to review his personal statement.
>He was also designing a bomb.
>Oh. Yeah, kind of an important fact to throw into the mix.
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