Marjorie Taylor Greene has stirred up conspiracies about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024, saying “there are a lot of questions” about would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks.
The former GOP representative and Trump-loyalist is the latest MAGA figure to accuse the administration of a “cover-up.”
In a final report on the July 13, 2024, shooting published last year, the FBI concluded that Crooks acted alone when he shot at Trump, clipping the top of his ear, and killing supporter Corey Comperatore. FBI Director Kash Patel said the president was “fully briefed” and “satisfied” with the report, effectively drawing a line under the matter.
But some questions about Crooks remain unanswered, prompting skeptics, including Republican representatives, to accuse the bureau of “stonewalling.”
“I’m not calling the Butler assassination a hoax,” Greene said on X Sunday. “But there are a lot of questions that deserve public answers. I’m asking why won’t Trump release the information about Matthew Crooks?”
“Did he actually act alone?” Greene followed up. “If not, who is behind him and who helped him? Why the cover-up?”
Greene amplified a conspiracy theory Saturday, posted by Trisha Hope, a delegate from Texas for the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Hope shared her doubts about the official version of events and claimed Trump has “shown no interest in investigating what really happened.”
“I agree,” said Greene. “Corey Comperatore’s wife and daughters deserve to know why Corey, a true American patriot and hero, was murdered in Butler. Trump said repeatedly, ‘I am your retribution.’ Where is the retribution?” Greene asked her followers.
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