FBI Director Says Trump Shooter Searched Details of Lee Harvey Oswald and JFK Assassination

Wray said there was no indication that there were any co-conspirators.
FBI Director Says Trump Shooter Searched Details of Lee Harvey Oswald and JFK Assassination
FBI director nominee Christopher Wray testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks searched for details about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including how far Lee Harvey Oswald positioned himself from his target, according to July 24 testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray.

After an FBI analysis of Mr. Crooks’s laptop, according to Mr. Wray, it was determined that the suspected gunman searched for how far Oswald was from President Kennedy during the 1963 assassination. Mr. Crooks carried out the Google search on July 6, the same day the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was announced, the FBI director told members of the House Judiciary Committee.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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