Trump campaign kept profile of rally shooter’s family in 2016 database: report

16 July 2024

Thomas Crooks — the 20-year-old now deceased gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump Saturday — "was among millions of voters profiled" and included in a Republican database created by the former president's 2016 presidential campaign, according to Channel 4 News.

Crooks' family were also listed in the database, the report notes.

The database, which "was first obtained and revealed by Channel 4 News" in 2020, showed "that both the parents of Thomas Crooks were very likely to be gun owners and shared other gun-related lifestyle indicators."

Trump's 2016 campaign listed Crooks as "a strong republican, likely gun owner and 'hunter'," according to the report.

Channel 4 notes, "There is no suggestion that any member of the Crooks family had knowledge of the assassination attempt by recent high school graduate Thomas Crooks or that they permitted the illegal use of weapons by him."

Per the report, the MAGA leader's 2016 campaign database "lists the assailant’s parents Matthew, and his wife Mary, 53," alongside "6.7 million people in the swing state of Pennsylvania profiled for their likely ownership of firearms. Both scored highly, with Crook’s father Matthew given particularly high scores."

Channel 4's full report is available at this link.

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