Fox News: Bret Baier Tears Into Kash Patel Over Trump Assassination Attempt Details
Baier challenged FBI Director Patel on limited public details about the 2024 assassination attempt, despite the FBI providing 40,000 pages of documents to Congress, Patel said.
- On Tuesday , Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed FBI Director Kash Patel about limited public details on Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspect who opened fire at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally in July 2024.
- Framing the issue legally, Patel said the FBI completed an exhaustive search and presented findings to the Department of Justice, which decided what could be released.
- Patel highlighted the volume of material provided to Congress, noting the FBI delivered 40,000 pages of documents—a 400% increase—and involved 485 FBI employees and more than 1,000 interviews.
- Baier pressed for specifics such as cell phones and contacts, while the FBI said investigation parameters and legal limits restrict disclosures, leaving key details and motive unresolved.
- Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project linked Crooks' visits to an FBI office via device-tracking data, while records show a $15 donation via ActBlue in January 2021.
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Fox News: Bret Baier Tears Into Kash Patel Over Trump Assassination Attempt Details
FBI Director gets pressed over why public doesn't know more about what happened.
Kash Patel gets testy as Bret Baier presses him about Trump assassination attempt details
FBI Director Kash Patel pushed back Tuesday when Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed him on what the public still does not know about the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa. Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., opened fire at Trump’s rally in Butler in July 2024. Secret Service agents killed...
Secret Service Or Secret Information? FBI Chief Pushes Back On Trump Shooting Gaps
FBI Director Kash Patel pushed back Tuesday when Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed him on what the public still does not know about the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa. Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., opened fire at Trump’s rally in Butler in July 2024. Secret Service agents killed him after […] Secret Service Or Secret Information? FBI Chief Pushes Back On Trump Shooting Gaps
Bret Baier Presses Kash Patel On Trump’s Would-Be Assassin: ‘I Feel Like We Haven’t Got The Whole Picture’
Fox News host Bret Baier pushed FBI Director Kash Patel over the lack of details his agency has released about the man who shot President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign. Patel joined Tuesday’s Special Report to discuss the FBI’s role in a range of ongoing investigations. Baier played a clip from an interview he conducted with Patel last year, where he pressed the director on whether the public would get to learn more about Thomas Matthew …
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