In his opening statement at Tuesday’s joint hearing of the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees, Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate revealed some details about the online life of failed Trump assassin Thomas Crooks. Crooks was killed by an FBI counter-sniper after firing eight shots at former President Trump, killing one audience member and wounding Trump and two others. Unusual for a 20-year-old, Crooks had a nearly non-existent online presence, and this has delayed the development of his possible motive.
At the hearing, Deputy Director Abbate declared that the FBI was on the job.
To date, the FBI team has conducted more than 460 interviews; executed search warrants, including at the shooters residence; and seized electronic media, to include phones, laptops, hard drives, and thumb drives. Legal process has been issued to dozens of companies, and we have received more than 2,000…
