Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the assassination attempt at President Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024, sent a series of strangely coded text messages in the months leading up to the shooting, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch."Did you 3D print the parts?" an individual the FBI described as an "unknown contact," messaged Crooks on Feb.9, 2023."Yes, except for the fan blades," Crooks responded."Woah that looks cool," the unknown contact replied to Crooks, also asking about the "parts" in response to a Crooks message which the FBI redacted.GOP LAWMAKERS BLINDSIDED BY NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT TRUMP BUTLER SHOOTER: 'AWFULLY STRANGE'Thomas Matthew Crooks was a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a 2024 campaign rally before being shot and killed by Secret Service agents.
(Obtained by Fox News Digital)ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN THOMAS CROOKS’ BEHAVIOR REVEALED ‘RED FLAGS’ BEFORE ATTACK: FORMER FBI AGENTAnother series of messages between Crooks and a redacted second party display a series of odd one- or two-word messages Crooks sent the contact between May 21, 2023, and Jan.3, 2024."Hello … Hello red …Hello red … Hdudhdbdbbd … 7888ejdj … Yolo … Ddodjjf … 890 … Hdjd … Djdj … red … Yup red … Hello … Jhhhuuh … Hhdj … Jjjjjjjjjjjj … Hello red … Red red," Crooks' messages read.
The FBI redacted any potential response from the other party, according to the documents.Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN THOMAS CROOKS USED 'BOB DOLE' ALIAS BEFORE ANONYMOUS DONOR PAID FOR CREMATION: DOCSThe document release also included 40 drone photos Crooks took between Feb.6, 2024, and Feb.
27, 2024, which included photos of PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium, where the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates ...