Whenever you’re an assassin or would-be assassin, you get the middle name treatment.

So meet Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Vile (and now dead) human being.

But what do we really know about him?

I’m working on a bigger report, but for now I wanted to get this video out to you because it’s really good.

Here’s an excellent summary of everything we know so far….and what the Legacy Media is NOT telling you.

Watch here (scroll down for full transcript if that’s easier for you):

Full transcript:

We have a lot more information on Thomas Matthew Crooks, including the neighborhood he lived in, his high school background, his college degree, what he did for a living, and his personality. Let’s go into the profile of the shooter, as well as his job and mental health history. Let’s break everything down.

First, I’d like to start by shouting out this GoFundMe. I will link this down below. This is a protected GoFundMe, and Meredith is putting this together. She works, I believe, for the Trump campaign; her LinkedIn indicates that. This GoFundMe had a $1 million goal to raise money for the victims of the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting, where Donald Trump was shot in the ear. Out of that million-dollar goal, almost $4 million have already been raised. Absolutely incredible. A lot of folks have been donating to this. VI, for example, has donated to this. A lot of really big donations to this GoFundMe. I’ll link this down below. It’s worth noting, and it’s just very sad.

Corey used to be a firefighter, and the fire department ended up hanging out his uniform right at the front of the station in honor of him as he was protecting and shielding his daughters from the shooting. Absolutely terrible, highly emotional, so sad, and so unfair. In fact, here’s Corey’s Twitter (or X) profile, and he responded to Card (or whatever you want to call him over here, also known as the turd you can’t flush). What’s everyone getting into this weekend? Corey responded on the day of the shooting: Trump Rally Butler PA, very excitedly. Very sad to see this as his last post.

Anyway, it’s so sad and painful, especially as a dad, to hear this. What an honorable person—firefighter, ex-marine—didn’t deserve to die.

Now, let’s talk about Thomas. A few things: first of all, how the hell did he get on this freaking rooftop? We’ve talked about this at length, but now there’s a lot of finger-pointing going on, very common in situations like this. Here’s the DL on this: the Secret Service was aware of the building where the shooter shot from. In fact, police and the Secret Service previously identified Thomas Matthews Crooks as a threat in the days before the event. Why? Because he was walking around the event super sketchy and suspicious. They put out a radio call before the event even began, sussing this guy out and putting him on alert. Apparently, nobody decided to keep their eyes on him as he climbed up on a roof within 120-130 yards of the president to take a shot at him. Terrible.

The Secret Service was aware of the building where the shooter shot from. It’s owned by a glass research company, and there’s a lot of speculation about why there was a ladder at the side of that building. Who knows? Maybe Thomas planted it the day before, or maybe the glass company just left the ladder there. It’s not uncommon for commercial buildings to have a ladder, but what is uncommon is that the Secret Service and law enforcement didn’t cover the building. The Secret Service is pointing the finger at local law enforcement, saying it was their job to protect the outside perimeter—a common practice. The district attorney is responding, saying they had four sniper teams and four quick response teams deployed. The Secret Service was in charge of security outside of the venue, not local law enforcement.

So, basically, you have the classic kind of back-and-forth finger-pointing that leads to nothing getting done. There was also talk that in Pennsylvania, some Secret Service assets were moved. Now, this is just an allegation; the Secret Service has denied this. But there’s some allegation that the Secret Service moved assets from the Trump rally to Jill Biden’s rally. There was a post by Newsweek, and the Secret Service denies diverting resources to Jill Biden. The allegation was that Jill was in town, so they had to split resources and didn’t have enough manpower. Secret Service denies this.

Let’s be clear: there were not enough Secret Service staff to handle this situation. Whether there was a diversion or whether Trump got the B team because he’s not the current president, or there are some allegations that he got people from Homeland Security and other departments not associated with the Secret Service because of a staffing shortage, Secret Service is denying all of this. There’s going to be a lot of investigating into this.

At one point, it looks like an officer climbed up the ladder—the same ladder that Thomas Crooks used to get up—as folks were yelling that there’s a man with a gun. An officer actually climbed up the same ladder, and apparently, Thomas Crooks turned around, pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer either went back down or stumbled down the ladder. Then Thomas turned around, rotated his rifle at Trump, and started shooting. This might explain why the Secret Service snipers didn’t shoot earlier, because maybe they didn’t see the rifle pointed down. They didn’t see it until he rotated around to point. Some people say they didn’t have a clear view.

Here’s a shot of him climbing up. You can see him. It’s crazy. People are seeing him crawl into position. The law enforcement response here was absolutely pathetic. We don’t need to listen to all the swearing and people yelling. Man with a gun, man with a gun. I think you get the idea. Absolutely disgusting. A lot of folks are now suggesting that there was enough wind to tangle the American flag, which looks like either an eagle or an angel, quite frankly. That wind may have been enough to change the trajectory of that bullet, just a five-mile-an-hour wind pushing on that bullet could have diverted it that inch or less that was needed.

Let’s talk more about Thomas Matthew Crooks. What do we know about him? He was 20 years old, interested in chess and coding, considered a nerd, has an associate’s degree in engineering, deemed to have had few friends and considered quiet. He was regularly bullied. He worked at a nursing home and helped with meal prep. The specific nursing home is the Bethl Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. That center did not give any reason for concern and suggested that Thomas performed his job well and had a clean background. He didn’t have a lot of posts on social media. There were no notes, letters, or manifestos found. The FBI has still not been able to access his cell phone, leading some to suggest that there’s a conspiracy and that maybe they have the wrong person. Some people are analyzing his ear, saying in one picture he has gauges, in another, he doesn’t. There’s a lot of speculation using his kill shot photo, which is obviously going to be a bit messed up because a bullet basically went into his eye and out of his neck. It does a lot of damage to your head. The pressure that expands on your skull is gross. I don’t encourage people to look at it. I’m not going to show it. There’s a lot of speculation about whether it was the right person.

I don’t really want to go down that hole. I think the right person is dead. He probably has an iPhone, and iPhones are really good at not having a back door for the FBI to get into. I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually get into it; it’ll just take a little longer. It sounds like he used an AR-15 with 5.56 ammo. The gun was purchased by his father, but he was able to legally purchase the ammo just before the event. He was part of a gun club. There are some rumors that he was a really bad shot, which aligns with what happened here. He was a registered Republican but donated $15 to a progressive cause through ActBlue. ActBlue is a platform for fundraising for Democrats.

His parents were social workers and counselors, registered as licensed in Pennsylvania—one a Democrat, one a Libertarian. You have a big household here: one Republican kid, Democrat parent, and a Libertarian parent. His father worked locally in Bethl, a middle-class neighborhood. This isn’t to dox the guy; this information is all over the internet. His ActBlue donation receipt for $15 is from January 20th, 2021—Inauguration Day. His name and address are on Milford Drive. I’m not giving the exact address, but this is the neighborhood. It’s a very low to middle-class neighborhood. These homes are worth not that much.

The poverty rate was deemed to be pretty low, only about 3.7%. Very low poverty rate in the area, but certainly not luxury living. One student who graduated one year after Crooks said if someone would say something to his face, he would just stare at them. He had a more weird, nerd personality. He was featured in a Black Rock ad. I’ll pull that up here in a moment. I think of him as the programmer type who’s super quiet and smart. There are a few rumors that people thought he’d be the one to shoot up a school because he was weird, didn’t have a lot of friends, and was bullied. He didn’t have a history of mental health problems, crime, or violence. It seems like he just snapped out of nowhere.

That’s the scariest type because how do you screen for them? You have to catch them at the moment they snap. The problem is you had a crappy law enforcement response to this snap. He’s on the roof. Let’s listen in here.

“I teach AP and honors economics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Financial wellbeing means knowing I can be free to do the things I love to do.”

This is a big Black Rock ad, and he’s featured in it. There are hints in this ad, and people speculate that this is all put together, but I think that’s fugazi. People considered him intelligent. He was one of the 20 students to win a $500 prize for a math and science competition. He was part of the Clarian Sportsman’s Club, the Firearms Training Club. Explosives and bomb-making materials were found in his car. He was bullied a lot. There was a miserable response from law enforcement and coordination with the Secret Service. Trump has responded, saying he feels like he was supposed to be dead, and this was a very surreal experience. The doctor at the hospital called it a miracle for Trump. Agents came in flying like linebackers and knocked his shoes off. Trump said agents hit him so hard that his shoes fell off, and his shoes were on tight.

So, how do you screen for this? He took a legally purchased firearm. He bought ammo before. Can you do screening at the time of buying ammo? Probably not, especially since in many states, you can just buy ammo online. This comes down to a failure of law enforcement and the Secret Service. We’re taught if you see something, say something. Nobody had an indication he was going to be mental beforehand. There were just rumors. No history of violence, mental illness, problems at his workplace, or home life. People liked his parents; they had a good reputation in the community. It’s probably all soiled now.

There was a lack of indicators upfront and very clear indicators on the day of the event. He was sussed out. They put out a radio call that this person was suspicious, walking by the magnetometers. People were shouting at the event, “There’s a man with a gun.” I still don’t understand why they didn’t pull Trump off when they heard “gun, gun, gun.” Get Trump off stage. Investigate. Take a three-minute breather. It’s not that hard. You can always put him right back up. Such a failure.

I was talking with Lauren and my family yesterday. We think there would have been outright civil war if things went in a different direction. It would have been very, very bad for the country. I know some people don’t like Trump, but violence is not the option. I think there would have been a lot of violence had something gone wrong.

Let me know what you think in the comments down below. If you like my perspectives and insights, feel free to leave a comment, like, subscribe, and share the video. Thank you so much. Goodbye and good luck.

And here is the link for the President Trump approved GoFundMe account for the shooting victims:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/president-trump-seeks-support-for-butler-pa-victims?qid=d117e34e1a387e46c86861e47c6cdc2e

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