The Attempts on Trump’s Life, Why He Shut Down the Investigations & How It Altered History Forever
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Takeaways
- ❖The official story of Thomas Crooks as a lone, radicalized gunman is challenged by his normal background and lack of online presence.
- ❖The Secret Service exhibited multiple failures at the Butler rally, including excluding local law enforcement from briefings, non-functional drone detection, and delayed sniper response.
- ❖Thomas Crooks was an exceptionally skilled shooter, hitting Trump's ear and wounding three others under high-pressure conditions.
- ❖The FBI possesses 75,000 records on Crooks but is slowly releasing only a few dozen pages monthly, effectively hiding information.
- ❖Crooks' body was cremated prematurely with bullet fragments still inside, and his toxicology report was incomplete, raising questions about evidence handling.
- ❖Trump publicly praised Secret Service sniper David King, despite King's 23-second delay in responding to Crooks' attack and contradictory testimony.
- ❖Ryan Ruth, the alleged Palm Beach assassin, was a career criminal with ties to Ukrainian Azov battalions and was camping at Trump's golf course hours before Trump's last-minute decision to golf.
- ❖The FBI and State Department were aware of Ryan Ruth's dangerous rhetoric and activities, including illegal arms trafficking, prior to his attempt on Trump's life.
- ❖Trump's post-shooting shift from an anti-regime change stance to a 'neocon' position on Iran and Ukraine is highlighted as a significant and unexplained change.
Insights
1FBI Withholding Critical Information on Thomas Crooks
The FBI is delaying the release of approximately 75,000 responsive records concerning Thomas Crooks and the Butler assassination attempt. This extensive withholding of information, despite claims of a closed investigation, suggests a deliberate effort to obscure details about the alleged lone gunman.
Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit to force disclosure, revealing 45,000, then 30,000 more records. The FBI is making monthly productions of only a few dozen pages. ()
2Secret Service Sniper's Delayed Response and Contradictory Testimony
Secret Service sniper David King, lauded by Trump as a hero, waited 23 seconds before firing at Thomas Crooks, who had already discharged eight shots. King's initial congressional testimony contradicted his own notes, where he stated he saw Crooks 'low crawling with an AR-15 into position' before the shooting began.
Trump claimed King responded in 4.2 seconds from 400 yards (), but the guest states King waited 10 seconds after a local cop fired () and up to 23 seconds after seeing Crooks (). King's notes directly contradict his testimony about when he first saw Crooks ().
3Mysterious Profile and Evidence Handling for Thomas Crooks
Thomas Crooks, the alleged Butler shooter, had a surprisingly normal public profile as a straight-A student with no clear online radicalization. His body was prematurely cremated with bullet fragments still inside, and his toxicology report was incomplete, lacking tests on bile, blood, and hair samples, raising questions about the thoroughness and integrity of the investigation.
Crooks was planning to attend university less than a month before the incident (). His body was released for cremation a week or two after the incident with fragments in his shoulder (). The toxicology report was missing tests for three key specimens ().
4Trump's Unexplained Decision to Shut Down Investigations
Despite being the target of two assassination attempts, Donald Trump reportedly shut down the investigations into both the Butler and Palm Beach incidents. This action is presented as a 'known fact pattern that has no non-sinister explanation,' fueling speculation about hidden motives or external pressures.
The guest states that Cash Patel initially said the investigation was closed, but later claimed it was 'open but not active' to avoid FOIA requests (). The host and guest explicitly state, 'Trump shut down the investigation into Butler' and 'his own attempted murder' ().
5Ryan Ruth's Pre-Knowledge of Trump's Golfing Plans
Ryan Ruth, the alleged Palm Beach assassin, was camping at Trump's golf course for 11 hours before the shooting. This is highly anomalous because Trump made a last-minute decision to golf, with the Secret Service only being informed at 2 AM on the day of the incident, while Ruth arrived around 2:30 AM.
Ruth was at the golf course for 11 hours (). Trump made a last-minute decision to golf, informed to Secret Service at 2 AM. Geolocation data shows Ruth arrived at AM ().
6Career Criminal Ryan Ruth's Unexplained Freedom and Classified Information
Ryan Ruth, with a long history of violent crimes and illegal possession of weapons and explosives, was allowed to travel to Ukraine to recruit foreign fighters and was known to multiple federal and international agencies. His case also involves classified information sealed by Judge Cannon, raising questions about his potential connections to government operations.
Ruth had a criminal record dating back to 2002, including dynamite possession and machine gun standoff, yet repeatedly received probation (). He was known to FBI, State Department, Customs, and Interpol (). Judge Cannon sealed classified information in his case, citing national security concerns ().
Bottom Line
The medical examiner who performed Thomas Crooks' autopsy, Ariel Goldschmidt, is a dual Israeli citizen who volunteered in Israel after October 7th, and his report on Crooks was incomplete and contradictory to other evidence.
This connection, while not explicitly linked to the assassination attempts, adds another layer of unusual circumstances and potential conflicts of interest to an already opaque investigation, especially given the host's later discussion of Israel's role in alleged Iranian plots.
Further investigation into Goldschmidt's professional practices and any potential external influences on his handling of the Crooks autopsy could uncover additional discrepancies or motives behind the incomplete report.
The Secret Service deployed snipers to the Butler rally due to a 'phony Iranian threat' (the Asif Mershon case), which the guest argues was a controlled sting operation by the FBI designed to manufacture a case against Iran.
This suggests that the very security measures put in place, which ultimately failed, were based on a fabricated intelligence narrative, potentially diverting resources and attention from real threats, and inadvertently putting Trump at greater risk.
Exposing the full details of the Asif Mershon case and similar 'phony' Iranian plots could reveal patterns of intelligence manipulation and its impact on domestic security decisions and foreign policy.
Trump's head of detail, Sean Curran, who was briefed on the 'Iranian threat' that led to Secret Service sniper deployment at Butler, was later promoted to Director of the entire agency, despite the security failures.
This promotion, coupled with Trump's public praise for the delayed-response sniper, suggests a reward system for incompetence or complicity, rather than accountability, further obscuring the truth behind the events.
Investigating the decision-making process behind Curran's promotion and any political influence (e.g., Suzy Wiles) could reveal systemic issues within the Secret Service and political motivations for covering up failures.
Lessons
- Demand full transparency from the FBI and Justice Department regarding the 75,000 documents related to Thomas Crooks and the Butler shooting.
- Question official narratives surrounding high-profile political events, especially when information is withheld or contradictory evidence emerges.
- Support independent investigative journalism and researchers who are willing to delve into complex, politically sensitive cases that mainstream media often avoids.
Notable Moments
The host questions why Ken Silva is the only major media figure keeping the story of the Trump assassination attempts alive, highlighting the widespread lack of curiosity.
This sets the tone for the entire episode, underscoring the perceived media and governmental silence around an event of immense political significance, suggesting a deliberate avoidance of deeper inquiry.
The guest reveals that the local cop, Aaron Zalopony, was the true hero who first shot Thomas Crooks, not the Secret Service sniper David King, despite Trump's public praise for King.
This directly challenges Trump's narrative and highlights a potential misdirection or cover-up regarding who actually neutralized the threat, further questioning the integrity of the official account.
The discussion of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) being used to seal information in both the Mershon and Ruth cases.
This legal mechanism is presented as a tool for the DOJ to hide potentially scandalous information, such as informant involvement or orchestration of crimes, preventing defendants and the public from accessing critical evidence.
The host points out the dramatic shift in Trump's political stance, from anti-regime change to a 'crazed neocon' on Iran and Ukraine, directly after the assassination attempts.
This observation forms the core of the episode's 'why it matters,' suggesting a profound and unexplained transformation in Trump's ideology, potentially influenced by the events and subsequent cover-up.
Quotes
"Neither one of those assertions by Trump are true, which is very bizarre that he doesn't know the details about the attempt on his own life. In fact, it was a local cop who saved the day."
"If it's a crime committed by a lone gunman who's deceased, no one else involved in this case at all, then that's the official story, then what would be the motive to hide it?"
"I and my teammates positioned ourselves to observe that area that everyone was moving to. I noticed an individual white male, white or gray shirt, low crawling on the roof. I noticed a AR style weapon in his hands. As I moved to observe through my rifle scope, I heard weapon fire."
"Trump shut down the investigation into his own attempted murder. And I think that's the most shocking facts to come out of this Trump term, because I don't see a non-sinister explanation for that."
"You can't make the argument that Trump was in favor of a regime change war with Iran since he was explicitly against a regime-change war with Iran, like, for a decade."
"The biggest anomaly I have that suggests something darker is the fact that Ruth had been travel or been camping at the golf course for about 11 hours before the shooting actually happened. And if you read the house task force, final report, Trump actually made a last minute decision to go golfing."
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