FBI reveals new images and details in probe of attempted assassination of Trump

The FBI revealed the first images of the shooter’s gun and details on the gunman’s extensive planning before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

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[InDebt]

They got rid of the shooters body faster than Bin Laden's.

[dougr]

How does someone get a rifle on a building with out no one seeing him.

[WinstonSmith]

All that planing and he uses a non magnified optic. 🤥

[cittiavaticano]

theres a cover up, we still didnt get details of the vegas mass shooting either

[ShreddinSleds]

Why do they keep using this old photo of the patsy?

[Ajaxdagrt]

Wait a minute so he separated his gun and stuck it in a backpack? Gun is too long to fit, so you’re saying the gun was visible poking out the top and no one said anything or saw him with the backpack before climbing up on the roof? And then when he got on the roof 6 mins prior to shooting he assembled the rifle and then took the shoots? 🤔 so many questions they haven’t really answered yet…

[Nick_B_Bad]

Did the mystery fed from the building next to the FBI building who visited Crooks at home and work many times buy it for him?

[wbakes]

Great reporting, had no clue he used a gun even. I cant wait for more clues 😒😒

[Paladin]

Why do they keep showing these young teen photos of him?

[themashugana]

The criminals investigating themselves. Nice.

[TrigTrig]

"Assault-style" rifle?

Because "Assault rifle" would be a blatant lie, but you still want to mislead people who know nothing about guns.

[dans]

ask yourself what is the truth and make your own conclusion based on your investigation not what is told to you.

[theguyinmaine]

where is the backpack when he is crawling up the roof? The photo of the backpack and the bag, the upper won't fit in the bag. They cleaned up the site and cremated the body or cadaver without permission by the coroner.

[joeyknowitall]

As I suspected there was no scope which makes a 150m shot more difficult for a novice shooter, and he wears glasses to boot. That kid could have taken 20 shots and would have never came close, and the fact he was rushed makes it even more impossible that Trump got hit by a bullet.

[ShadowOwn]

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[thatgoofygooberkid]

The millions of dollars in offshore accounts and a fbi service memeber visting his house very often says rhe lone wolf theory is wrong

[Williewonders]

With 3 encrypted messaging services in 3 different countries, at 20? It's JFK & RBK all over again

[TheHauntedKiwi]

Release the real medical report. From an actual doctor

[slickdiggler]

17.3 million subscribers and not even 1000 views in 30 minutes. Things not adding up ABC lol

[DaveyCrockett]

Release images and details of the failures, whereas in a normal operation everything everyone trains for would go as planned.