Congressional preliminary report documented destruction of evidence, however that appears to be protocol in terrorism cases.
The preliminary investigative report by Congressional Chairman Mike Kelly revealed that the body of Donald Trump’s attempted assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had been disposed of via cremation.
The report, published Monday and authored by Rep. Clay Higgins documented his work in the attempted assassination investigation conducted by the House.
“My effort to examine Crooks’ body on Monday, August 5, caused quite a stir and revealed a disturbing fact… the FBI released the body for cremation 10 days after J13. On J23, Crooks was gone. Nobody knew this until Monday, August 5, including the County Coroner, law enforcement, Sheriff, etc. Yes, Butler County Coroner technically had legal authority over the body, but I spoke with the Coroner, and he would have never released Crooks’ body to the family for cremation or burial without specific permission from the FBI,” the report said on page 5.
The reason that destruction of the body is controversial comes down to many questions the public has voiced relating to the body, including if the body in the images of the crime scene really were the body pictured in the widely circulated portraits of Crooks in the media, or if Crooks was a tranny, or on psychotropic mass murder pills.
Why is this the only photo the media uses in its stories about Thomas Crooks?
But pictures of him at the scene show a long haired person.
Was Crooks transgender?
What medications was he on?
What doctors was he seeing? pic.twitter.com/aPgZ7fqIiH
— Adam Townsend (@adamscrabble) August 15, 2024
Brisk disposal of evidence is standard practice in terrorism cases with national implications. The rubble of both the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing were quickly scooped up and disposed of as well.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Matthew Crook’s body is GONE@RepClayHiggins requested to examine the assassin’s body and was told it was released to the family by the FBI.
Nobody even knew his body was gone until August 5, including the Butler County Coroner, LEO, and the Butler County… pic.twitter.com/HDPyE1cNvF
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) August 16, 2024
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Thomas Crooks body was CREMATED just 10 day’s after Trump’s ass*ssination attempt…
“Nobody knew this until until August 5, including the Butler County Coroner, Law Enforcement, Sheriff, etc.
Butler County Coroner technically had legal authority over the body… pic.twitter.com/qIIEJB3MzC
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) August 16, 2024
Higgins detailed that he will need to examine the firearm that Crooks used, along with all the other evidence collected by the FBI. Higgins emphasized ‘all’ the evidence.
“All 8 casings were recovered and are allegedly in proper possession of the FBI. Thomas Matthew Crooks’ rifle is also allegedly in the proper possession of the FBI. I will need to examine all of the physical evidence that has been harvested by law enforcement and is in the possession of the FBI. All of it,” the report said on page 4.
Higgins also detailed the shots that law enforcement took against Crooks, describing one Butler, Pennsylvania SWAT operator as a ‘total badass’.
“The 9th shot fired on J13 was from a Butler SWAT operator from the ground about 100 yards away from the AGR building. Shot 9 hit Crooks’ rifle stock and fragged his face/neck/right shoulder area from the stock breaking up. The SWAT operator who took this shot was a total badass; when he had sighted the shooter Crooks as a mostly obscured by foliage moving target on the AGR rooftop, he immediately left his assigned post and ran towards the threat, running to a clear shot position directly into the line of fire while Crooks was firing 8 rounds. On his own, this ESU SWAT operator took a very hard shot, one shot. He stopped Crooks and importantly, I believe the shot damaged the buffer tube on Crooks’ AR. I won’t be certain of this until I can examine Crooks’ rifle, but I’m 99% sure, based upon reliable eye-witness ESU tactical officers who observed Crooks’ rifle before the FBI harvested it as evidence. This means that if his AR buffer tube was damaged, Crooks’ rifle wouldn’t fire after his 8th shot,” the report said on page 4.
Interestingly, that 9th shot injured Crooks but didn’t kill him, that job would be completed by the 10th shot.
“Crooks ‘went down’ from his firing position when shot 9 was fired, and the SWAT officer was certain of his hit. According to the ESU SWAT operator, Crooks recovered after just a few seconds, and ‘popped back up’,” the report said on page 4. “The 10th (and, I believe, final) shot was fired from the southern counter-sniper team. I will not be 100% certain of this until further investigation. However, I am quite sure that the USSS southern counter-sniper team fired the killing shot, which, according to my investigation, entered somewhere around the left mouth area and exited the right ear area. Instant over. This entry-exit aligns with USSS southern counter-sniper team position.”
Page 3 of the report discussed how when other agencies run law enforcement endeavors in other counties and their own radios are not compatible with the local police radio frequency, they are lent radios that are compatible, as was the case in Butler, Pennsylvania on that ill-fated day. The report documented how Secret Service never picked up those radios.
“Butler County runs the radio communications tower out of their 911 Call Center. That is pretty much the way radio communications work across America in every County, in every State. If their radios are ‘interoperable,’ a visiting law enforcement agency is assigned a frequency, a ‘channel’ for their operation while in that County. If their radios are not ‘interoperable’ with the County Communications tower, then the visiting agency is assigned/offered actual radios to use while they are running their operation in the County,” the report said on page 3. “USSS did not retrieve the radios that had been set aside for them by Butler County tactical command. The radio comms were properly and perfectly arranged during the extensive pre-mission planning. On J12, the Butler County ESU Commander personally reminded the USSS counter-sniper teams to pick up their assigned radios at the ESU Command Post RV, which was positioned according to planning at the Butler Fairgrounds, the following morning before 1100 hrs. It didn’t happen.”
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