The Department of Justice announced that it successfully moved to unseal documents related to the investigation into would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks.
“The Department of Justice received court approval to disclose to Congress documents gathered as part of the FBI’s investigation of Thomas Crooks and his attempt to assassinate President Trump,” the Western District of Pennsylvania announced on X.
A copy of the motion and order can be found here.
On July 13, Thomas Matthew Crooks shot President Trump in the ear from a nearby rooftop as he was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania. One rallygoer was killed in the shooting, and two were injured.
Questions still remain surrounding the failure by law enforcement and Secret Service to secure the area, as well as Crooks’s background.
Crooks used a range finder device and flew a drone at the Butler rally site between approximately 3:50 and 4:05 pm that day, during a period when the Secret Service was allegedly experiencing connectivity issues.
An eyewitness at the scene told the BBC that several people witnessed the shooter crawling on the roof of a local building with a rifle before Trump was shot, but they did not act until Trump was shot. According to later reports, a police officer encountered the shooter on the roof but let him go after he pointed the gun at him and before he shot Trump.
It seems unlikely we will get answers, as the FBI recently concluded that he acted alone.
The records sought by the DOJ, “such as telephone and internet service providers, email services, financial institutions, and others,” relate to the grand jury investigation and were obtained under a grand jury subpoena.
“The United States seeks to disclose pre-existing business records that were created for purposes independent of the Crooks grand jury investigation. Disclosure will reveal only the information contained in the documents, and will not reveal what, if anything, occurred before the grand jury,” the motion reads.
“By moving to unseal these documents, we hope to give the American people more answers about that fateful day in Butler, Pennsylvania,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X, touting the Trump Administration as “the most transparent administration in American history.”
President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in American history.
By moving to unseal these documents, we hope to give the American people more answers about that fateful day in Butler, Pennsylvania. https://t.co/v7iH9sfpiW
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 20, 2025
Former Interim US Attorney for New Jersey and current Senior Advisor to the Attorney General Alina Habba announced the court win, adding “While the left spins after years of doing nothing- we remain the party of transparency under the leadership of @AGPamBondi and @POTUS.”
The DOJ successfully won a motion in Pennsylvania to unseal and produce documents to bring to light details of the assassination attempt on President Trump by Thomas Crooks.
While the left spins after years of doing nothing- we remain the party of transparency under the… https://t.co/EziDiNaJlC
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) December 20, 2025
This is a developing story.
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