Douglas Caddy Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM https://wapo.st/3Ye09EH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Down Posted Wednesday at 06:29 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:29 PM I wonder if he was on here searching through the treads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ceulemans Posted Wednesday at 06:31 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:31 PM (edited) Can someone copy the text please, can´t read it here in EU... Edited Wednesday at 06:31 PM by Jean Ceulemans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted Wednesday at 06:36 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:36 PM (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jean Ceulemans said: Can someone copy the text please, can´t read it here in EU... Here it is, Jean. Not much about Oswald in the text. Trump rally shooter searched for info on JFK assassin, FBI chief says Christopher Wray’s appearance at a House Judiciary Committee hearing comes a day after the resignation of the Secret Service director. By Devlin Barrett Updated July 24, 2024 at 2:04 p.m. EDT|Published July 24, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. EDT The gunman who tried to assassinate former president Donald Trump had searched online days earlier for information about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and used a rifle with a collapsible stock that may have made it easier for him to disguise the weapon before climbing onto a roof, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said Wednesday. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics. The 20-year-old gunman, who was killed by a Secret Service sniper after he opened fire during the July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pa., searched for answers to "how far away was Oswald from Kennedy,” Wray said — a reference to the assassin who used a rifle to kill President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. “That’s a search that’s obviously significant in terms of his state of mind,” Wray said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing where he answered hours of questions about the attack on Trump, the Republican presidential nominee. “He was interested in public figures and — I think this is important — starting around July 6 or so, he became very focused on former president Trump and this rally.” That same day, Wray said, the gunman also registered to attend the outdoor rally. “There’s a whole lot of work underway and still a lot of work to do,” Wray said. “The shooter may be deceased, but the FBI’s investigation is very much ongoing.” The hearing was scheduled before the attempted assassination, but the attack has dominated the discussion as officials worry about political violence in a presidential election year. Thomas Matthew Crooks, who lived about an hour away in Bethel Park, Pa., fired at Trump from a rooftop just outside the rally security perimeter, using an AR-style rifle. One rallygoer was killed, two others were critically injured, and Trump suffered a graze wound to his ear. The security lapses that afforded the gunman a sightline to Trump on the rally stage have prompted multiple investigations of the U.S. Secret Service, whose director resigned Tuesday under pressure from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. FBI investigators have said so far that the gunman did not appear to have any discernible ideology, suggesting he was not motivated primarily by political animosity. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, is a longtime Trump ally and critic of Wray, the FBI and the Justice Department. He began the hearing by criticizing what he called “the Biden-Harris Justice Department” — an acknowledgment that Vice President Harris is now running for the Democratic nomination after President Biden announced he would not seek a second term. Wray, who was nominated to lead the FBI in 2017 by then-President Trump, avoided discussing the security shortcomings that preceded the attack, saying those issues are under review by an inspector general and an outside group of experts. The gunman’s weapon was bought legally in 2013 by his father, who later sold it to his son, the FBI director testified. The weapon had a collapsible stock, Wray said, meaning the gunman might have been able to hide it from view while carrying it before the attack. Wray noted that witnesses at the rally reported seeing a man with a gun on the rooftop, but not earlier, which might be explained by the collapsible stock. The FBI director also confirmed a number of details from the investigation that have been publicly reported already, including that there were eight spent bullet casings found near the gunman’s body — indicating that he fired at least that many times. The director also described how Crooks apparently used a drone hours before the shooting to examine the area near the rally, but not directly overhead. “The drone was recovered in his vehicle,” Wray testified. “The shooter was flying the drone around the area, not over the stage. … We think that he was live-streaming, viewing the footage for about 11 minutes, about 200 yards away.” Two explosive devices were found in the shooter’s car, items that Wray called “relatively crude devices themselves, but they did have the ability to be detonated remotely.” Because the remotely controlled devices attached to the homemade bombs were left in the “off” position, Wray said, it appears “that if he had tried to detonate those devices from the roof, it would not have worked.” Technical experts at the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., were able to crack open the gunman’s phone within two days of the attack. While they found some evidence of interest, the device did not provide an explanation for his motive, people familiar with the investigation have said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe the ongoing case. The gunman used some encrypted messaging applications, which Wray said have “unfortunately now become very commonplace” in FBI investigations, as popular messaging software often includes encryption. Asked whether the FBI believed there were any accomplices or co-conspirators in the shooting, Wray answered, “Not at this time, but again the investigation is ongoing.” Edited Wednesday at 06:38 PM by W. Niederhut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Kinaski Posted Wednesday at 06:53 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:53 PM (edited) "Horrifying" -- LOL Edited Thursday at 10:23 AM by Karl Kinaski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted Wednesday at 07:19 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:19 PM Another article: Shooter who tried to kill Trump Googled JFK assassination, FBI chief says | Donald Trump Pennsylvania rally shooting | The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ceulemans Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ceulemans Posted Wednesday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:56 PM I had planned on watching the Wray FBI hearing online but something came up, I´ll watch it later this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph McBride Posted Thursday at 01:35 AM Share Posted Thursday at 01:35 AM From the Daily Mail: The FBI's director has cast doubt on whether Donald Trump was struck by a bullet during the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania political rally. Christopher Wray was updating Congress on the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler on Wednesday when he made the explosive statement. 'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted Thursday at 07:08 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:08 AM 5 hours ago, Joseph McBride said: From the Daily Mail: The FBI's director has cast doubt on whether Donald Trump was struck by a bullet during the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania political rally. Christopher Wray was updating Congress on the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler on Wednesday when he made the explosive statement. 'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said. That's odd, about shrapnel. As I understand it, the shooter was above the president, with a clear shot. No obstructions (unlike LHO, who shot through trees). So, there was nothing for a bullet to strike on its way towards the President's ear. There was some internet jibber-jabber that a bullet had struck a teleprompter, but that did not happen. No one seems to be suggesting a second shooter, who might have had a different, obstructed angle, that would have resulted in shrapnel somehow. Are you suggesting a second shooter? I know you are an expert on the JFKA. Given the curious, inexplicable lapses in SS coverage on 7/13/24---and a SS director chosen by a perhaps addled Biden in 2022, and the SS denying Trump additional coverage---do you suspect SS complicity in the assassination attempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Down Posted Thursday at 07:47 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:47 AM 6 hours ago, Joseph McBride said: 'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said. Well he's right in one sense. People are questioning that, but those people have not provided any evidence of shrapnel heading Trumps way, or where such shrapnel might have come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Allison Posted Thursday at 06:05 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:05 PM 10 hours ago, Gerry Down said: Well he's right in one sense. People are questioning that, but those people have not provided any evidence of shrapnel heading Trumps way, or where such shrapnel might have come from. It is next to impossible that a missile could injure the top of Trump's ear without also having a concussive effect. The FBI Director is giving Trump a chance to come clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted Thursday at 08:49 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 08:49 PM 2 hours ago, Matt Allison said: It is next to impossible that a missile could injure the top of Trump's ear without also having a concussive effect. The FBI Director is giving Trump a chance to come clean. Republicans rip FBI director's testimony that Trump might not have been hit by a bullet (aol.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Allison Posted Thursday at 08:51 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:51 PM 1 minute ago, Douglas Caddy said: Republicans rip FBI director's testimony that Trump might not have been hit by a bullet (aol.com) No surprise, as the GOP wants to pimp that shooting for everything they think it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted Thursday at 09:25 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:25 PM Judge says far-right US news outlet filed bankruptcy in bad faith | Far right (US) | The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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