{"id":239138,"date":"2024-07-14T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=239138"},"modified":"2024-07-14T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:31:21","slug":"here-read-the-wikipedia-page-on-thomas-matthew-crooks-to-clearly-understand-why-the-us-intel-community-mossad-chose-him-to-be-the-patsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=239138","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Here, read the Wikipedia page on Thomas Matthew Crooks to clearly understand why the US Intel Community &#038; MOSSAD chose him to be the patsy.<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"infobox biography vcard\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-above\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div class=\"fn\">Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Born<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\">September 20, 2003<\/p>\n<div class=\"birthplace\"><a title=\"Bethel Park, Pennsylvania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania\">Bethel Park, Pennsylvania<\/a>, U.S.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Died<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\">July 13, 2024\u00a0(aged\u00a020)<\/p>\n<div class=\"deathplace\"><a class=\"mw-disambig\" title=\"Butler Township, Pennsylvania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butler_Township,_Pennsylvania\">Butler Township, Pennsylvania<\/a>, U.S.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Education<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\"><a title=\"Bethel Park High School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethel_Park_High_School\">Bethel Park High School<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/b>\u00a0(September 20, 2003<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 July 13, 2024)<sup id=\"cite_ref-Sky_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Sky-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0was an American man who\u00a0<a title=\"Attempted assassination of Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump\">attempted to assassinate<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, the 45th\u00a0<a title=\"President of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\">president of the United States<\/a>\u00a0and presumptive\u00a0<a title=\"Republican Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_(United_States)\">Republican Party<\/a>\u00a0nominee for the\u00a0<a title=\"2024 United States presidential election\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_election\">2024 presidential election<\/a>. On July 13, 2024, during a Trump speech at a campaign rally near\u00a0<a title=\"Butler, Pennsylvania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butler,_Pennsylvania\">Butler, Pennsylvania<\/a>, Crooks used an\u00a0<a title=\"AR-15\u2013style rifle\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AR-15%E2%80%93style_rifle\">AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle<\/a>\u00a0to fire eight rounds from a rooftop 200 to 400 feet (61 to 122 m) north of the stage. He wounded Trump on the right ear, killed an audience member, and critically injured two others. He was killed by a\u00a0<a title=\"Secret Service Counter Assault Team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secret_Service_Counter_Assault_Team\">Secret Service Counter Assault Team<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Sniper\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sniper\">sniper<\/a>\u00a0immediately after the shooting.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Reuters12_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Reuters12-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-NYT-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Biography\" class=\"mw-headline\">Biography<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Thomas_Matthew_Crooks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1\">edit<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks was from\u00a0<a title=\"Bethel Park, Pennsylvania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania\">Bethel Park, Pennsylvania<\/a>. Crooks attended\u00a0<a title=\"Bethel Park High School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethel_Park_High_School\">Bethel Park High School<\/a>\u00a0and graduated in 2022.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Reuters2_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Reuters2-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-BBC_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-BBC-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0He received a $500 &#8220;star award&#8221; the same year from the\u00a0<a title=\"National Math and Science Initiative\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Math_and_Science_Initiative\">National Math and Science Initiative<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT_4-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-NYT-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>It is believed that on January 20, 2021, at the age of 17, he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal\u00a0<a title=\"Voter turnout\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voter_turnout\">voter turnout<\/a>\u00a0group, through the\u00a0<a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\">Democratic Party<\/a>\u00a0donation platform\u00a0<a title=\"ActBlue\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ActBlue\">ActBlue<\/a>, an organization dedicated to improving turnout among\u00a0<a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\">Democratic Party<\/a>\u00a0voters.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Reuters2_5-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Reuters2-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-BBC_6-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-BBC-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT_4-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-NYT-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>This guy was an ANTIFA freak<\/p>\n<p>Crooks was a registered\u00a0<a title=\"Republican Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_(United_States)\">Republican<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-:5_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-:5-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT_4-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-NYT-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and his voter registration was active since September 2021, the month he turned 18.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:5_7-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-:5-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>On July 14, the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Fbi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fbi\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0identified him as the shooter behind the\u00a0<a title=\"Attempted assassination of Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump\">attempted assassination of Donald Trump<\/a>. Crooks was killed by a rifleman from the\u00a0<a title=\"Secret Service Counter Assault Team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secret_Service_Counter_Assault_Team\">United States Secret Service Counter Assault Team<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-CBSNews1_10-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-CBSNews1-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-BBC_6-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-BBC-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0He had no known\u00a0<a title=\"Criminal record\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criminal_record\">criminal record<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:5_7-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-:5-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Telegraph_11-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Telegraph-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Photos of Crooks&#8217;s body showed him wearing a shirt that appeared to be merchandise from Demolition Ranch, a\u00a0<a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel popularizing firearms and gun culture.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Telegraph_11-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Telegraph-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Sky_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks#cite_note-Sky-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks Born September 20, 2003 Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died July 13, 2024\u00a0(aged\u00a020) Butler Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. Education Bethel Park High School Thomas Matthew Crooks\u00a0(September 20, 2003[1]\u00a0\u2013 July 13, 2024)[2]\u00a0was an American man who\u00a0attempted to assassinate\u00a0Donald Trump, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=239138\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}