Not related to the thread title, but related to some of the later comments.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...734408&lctg=26773771

Ex-FBI Assistant Director: The Bureau Had Many Chances to Stop Trump's Would-Be Assassin

An ex-FBI assistant director is venting his frustrations over the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July. Chris Swecker, a 24-year veteran of the bureau, said that the digital footprint that’s now being revealed about would-be assassin Thomas Crooks showed that this person would’ve been on the FBI’s radar long before he fired multiple shots at the president. Police killed Crooks during the incident. Swecker added that former FBI Director Chris Wray was desperate to pin this crime on a far-right individual (via NY Post):

"The FBI had multiple “missed opportunities” to stop Thomas Crooks before he tried to assassinate President Trump, a former assistant director at the Bureau has told The Post.

Last week, The Post reported on multiple extremist social media posts believed to be tied to Crooks, including numerous threats of political violence and a dramatic shift against Trump, after previously expressing his admiration for the Republican.

If even “half” of Trump’s would-be assassin’s extremist digital footprint turns out to be true, he should have been on the FBI’s radar long before the 20-year-old opened fired on the then-presumptive GOP presidential nominee during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, said Chris Swecker, a retired FBI assistant director.

“It’s clear that he was popping off on the social media sites and saying things that should have garnered attention,” Swecker, who served in the FBI for 24 years, said.

“That constitutes a miss on the part of the FBI,” he added, saying that the Bureau’s handling of the investigation earned a “a C- grade.”

Swecker — who retired from the Bureau in 2006 — also claimed that the FBI under then-director Christopher Wray was desperate to pin Trump’s would-be assassin as a far-right lone gunman.

He said it seemed clear to him that when agents found evidence to the contrary, the Bureau “had its thumb on the scales” of the investigation.

This led to a lack of transparency in the investigation, which allowed conspiracy theories to spread and multiply, he said.

“A little bit of transparency goes a long way in these types of investigations,” said Swecker, who served as assistant director of the FBI for the Criminal Investigative Division from 2004 to 2006.

“There was a bias in the FBI towards right-wing extremists. And if there was a right-wing extremist ideology, that got surfaced real quick in any of these shootings. But if there was a left-wing extremist ideology driving it, it was glossed over,” Swecker said

He said that view was “shared by a lot of my colleagues” in the FBI."

Crooks seemed to hate everybody, as he also wrote nasty posts about killing Jews and members of the Squad on the Hill. The Squad is the most vocal, left-wing members of the Democratic House Caucus, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

This kid was allowed to perch on an unsecured rooftop some 400 feet from the main stage at this rally, a glaring security breach for which the Secret Service has yet to provide an answer that isn’t laughable. The FBI also refused to disclose all information about this case to congressional investigators, prompting some to call for a new review and probe.

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Originally posted by 6guns:


"The FBI had multiple “missed opportunities” to stop Thomas Crooks before he tried to assassinate President Trump, a former assistant director at the Bureau has told The Post.

Yeah right. They turned a blind eye to this wackjob, it's clear as day here

The whole thing still stinks to high heaven

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"The FBI had multiple “missed opportunities” to stop Thomas Crooks before he tried to assassinate President Trump,

How many times have we heard that shooters have "been on the radar", yet nobody did anything leading up to the shooting?

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
How many times have we heard that shooters have "been on the radar", yet nobody did anything leading up to the shooting?

It’s been a meme for years. First page of results for “FBI meme”:

“A Utah man accused of assassinating conservative superstar Charlie Kirk smirked as he made his first public appearance in court. 

Tyler Robinson, 22, appeared inside an Utah courtroom flanked by his legal team as they pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.

It was the first time Robinson was seen in person after making previous court appearances via video or audio feed from jail. 

He was seen smiling as he engaged in deep conversation with his legal team before the hearing started.

As he entered the courtroom he smiled at the people sitting in a row reserved for family, where his mother teared up and wiped her eyes with a tissue. …”

I hope he rots in prison.
ETA: I wonder who’s paying his lawyers.

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/15376085

firing squad as soon as possible. The smile will come off his face.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

ETA: I wonder who’s paying his lawyers

If I had to guess, it would tie back to Soros and his feces empire.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I hope he rots in prison.

I don't.

Prison? He needs to burn in hell, after getting the electric chair or whatever means that sends him there.

Utah does still have the firing squad...

He’s playing to his fans. Regardless of whatever he may actually be feeling, if he showed any contrition for what he did or even dismay at what’s happening to him, that would endanger his support and possibly the funds for his legal defense. Such displays can be dangerous in front of a jury, but not so much during preliminary hearings.

Evil fuck deserves a lot more than life in prison.

I'm confident a prison gang will take care of him before the State of Utah can.

Maybe Candace Owens can join him. She can just F' off.

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Originally posted by Green Highlander:
Maybe Candace Owens can join him. She can just F' off.

Nah, as much as I hate that she’s become nut, she hasn’t murdered anyone, or even broken any lesser law, that she deserves the same fate as this scumbag.

I just picked up his book.
Firing squad sounds good. Prison will wipe the fkn smirk right off of his face.

This is an older thread

April 10, 2026
“Tyler Robinson told his transgender lover he 'had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I took it' moments after killing the conservative activist, court records claim. 

Documents released Friday by Utah prosecutors showed investigators zeroed in on Robinson's communications with his partner, Lance Twiggs, after he allegedly killed Kirk on September 10. 

Under the keyboard, Robinson allegedly left a note reading: 'If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry.

'I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text. I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence.' 

The accused killer then allegedly confessed to killing the Turning Point USA co-founder in the letter, writing: 'I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it.' …”

https://mol.im/a/15723115

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
He’s playing to his fans...

Absolutely. He is a hero to the Left.



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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
“Tyler Robinson told his transgender lover he 'had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I took it' moments after killing the conservative activist, court records claim. 

But Tucker, Candace, and Joe Kent said that the jooz killed him. I'm so confused.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
I'm so confused.

Everyone knows that those ... people can get anyone to do whatever evil thing they want.