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Trump Shooter Texted with 'Unknown Contact' About 3D-Printed Parts Before Attempted Assassination

Published: 10/02/2026

Thomas Matthew Crooks -- the 20-year-old who clipped President Trump's ear during a 2024 rally -- allegedly texted with an "unknown contact" about 3D-printed parts ... a little over a year before the assassination attempt. According to FBI Records obtained by Judicial Watch ... Crooks was texting…

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Jim Copenhaver, Wounded in 2024 Trump Rally Shooting, Dead at 76

Published: 09/24/2026

Jim Copenhaver, who was severely wounded during the Trump assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania in 2024, is dead. House Republicans announced Jim's death Thursday in a social media post ... "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Copenhaver, who was gravely wounded in the horrific…

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Nancy Mace Wants Public Execution For Lindsay Clancy, 'The Low Down'

Published: 09/15/2026

Rep. Nancy Mace says Lindsay Clancy should be executed in a public forum ... telling us that anyone who kills their kids deserves to meet the same fate. Here's the latest edition of "The Low Down" ... a new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post ... where we bring you stories that are…

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Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' Cremation Funded by 'Anonymous Donor'

Published: 09/15/2026

Thomas Matthew Crooks -- the 20-year-old would-be assassin who shot Donald Trump in the ear -- was cremated just days after he died ... and it appears an unknown individual stepped up to cover the cost. Documents released to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, and obtained by the…

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Secret Service Agents Suspended Over Donald Trump Assassination Attempt

Published: 07/10/2025

The Secret Service suspended 6 agents connected to the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump last July. The news comes just days ahead of the first anniversary of the July 13 attack at Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania rally -- and months after the Department of Homeland Security tore apart…

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Thomas Matthew Crooks Was Spotted 90 Minutes Before Shooting, Texts Reveal

Published: 07/29/2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks was on the authorities' radar for a whole 90 minutes before he fired at Donald Trump, according to newly released text messages from law enforcement. In the text exchange -- obtained by the New York Times -- one SWAT team member from PA's Beaver County Emergency Service Unit…

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Donald Trump's Secret Service Didn't Communicate with Local SWAT Before Shooting

Published: 07/28/2024

Donald Trump's security details didn't communicate with other law enforcement in the lead-up to the attempt on his life ... this, according to another law enforcement org. Beaver County SWAT team members assigned to protect the former president during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this…

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Donald Trump Assassination Attempt 'Total Failure' For Secret Service

Published: 07/28/2024

The Secret Service dropped the ball in spectacular fashion at Donald Trump's campaign rally where he was nearly killed by a would-be assassin ... so says a former USSS special agent. TMZ Studios has a new special, "TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Trump Assassination Attempt," where we explore the…

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Donald Trump Going Back to Butler For Rally Honoring Corey Comperatore

Published: 07/26/2024

Donald Trump is going back to the scene of the crime -- returning to the Pennsylvania town where he was nearly assassinated for another campaign rally. The former president just announced plans for an event in Butler, PA, where he says he's going to honor the rallygoer who died during the July 13…

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FBI Backtracks, Now Says Trump Was Hit By Bullet

Published: 07/26/2024

Donald Trump has been railing on the FBI's director for suggesting he might not have been hit by a bullet when he was shot at -- and now ... the agency's completely backpedaling. The FBI just put out a statement that unequivocally stands firm on the notion Trump was, in fact, struck by one of…

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Donald Trump Torches FBI Director Christopher Wray For "Bullet" Testimony

Published: 07/26/2024

Donald Trump doesn't like Christopher Wray one bit -- and much of his hatred for the FBI director has to do with the recent attempt on his life. Case in point .. Trump jumped on his Truth Social platform Thursday night to go on a diatribe about Wray for testifying that it was still a mystery…

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FBI Director Says Trump Shooter Googled JFK Assassination Details

Published: 07/24/2024

Donald Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, sought inspiration -- or at least intel -- from JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald ... according to the FBI. FBI Director Christopher Wray spilled the new detail Wednesday about Crooks while testifying in front of a Congressional Committee ... saying an…

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