Mysterious Texts and 3D Printing: Uncovering Trump's Alleged Assassin's Strange Plans

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Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the assassination attempt at President Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024, sent a series of strangely coded text messages in the months leading up to the shooting, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch.

“Did you 3D print the parts?” an individual the FBI described as an “unknown contact,” messaged Crooks on Feb. 9, 2023.