New Video Of Trump Attacker Raises More Questions About Fateful Day
Charlie Kirk Staff
08/21/2024

A new video has surfaced, raising questions about the timeline of events leading up to the shooting of former President Donald Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The footage, which was recorded unintentionally by a vendor at the event, shows assailant Thomas Matthew Crooks strolling through merchandise stalls, the time of which appears to conflict with earlier reports of his whereabouts.
The footage, captured by Joe Tomko, owner of Iron Clad USA, at 4:26 p.m. on July 13, represents the earliest confirmed sighting of Crooks at the rally. That aligns perfectly with a message from a local police sniper who reported seeing a man believed to be Crooks sitting at a nearby picnic table.
However, group texts among snipers from Beaver, Butler, and Washington County indicate that Crooks was observed in a different location around the same time, DailyMail.com, which obtained the footage, reported.
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Tomko told the Daily Mail that he was unaware he had captured Crooks on video until reviewing the footage a week later.
“I was having breakfast with my parents and my father asked me if I ever looked through all my footage from that day,” Tomko told the outlet. “So I watched it all late in the evening and I just about jumped out of my skin [when I saw him], I was in such disbelief.”
In the video, Crooks was by himself, dressed in the same outfit he had on when the Secret Service fatally shot him.
Tomko mentioned that he spent two days reviewing the video before submitting it to investigators and answering their questions. He also pointed out that the vendor area was not secured, which allowed people to enter from the street without restrictions.
Attendees could walk through the booths before reaching a checkpoint with airport-style security to access the main rally area.
Meanwhile, James Woods, a sniper from Beaver County who had completed his shift, observed an individual matching Crooks’ description about 50 yards from an exit. At 4:26 PM, Woods texted his colleagues to report the suspicious person. Crooks then vanished from view and did not reappear until just after 6:00 PM.
At that point, Greg Nicol, another local sniper, saw Crooks running with a backpack. Nicol tried to follow him but lost sight of him as police arrived at the scene, the report said.