A person who has come under investigation following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump is reported to be affiliated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed the investigation had been launched during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
“Have any FBI agents texted, emailed, or expressed disappointment that Trump survived the assassination attempt, or otherwise editorialized about the assassination attempt?” Rep. Chip Roy asked, per Fox News.
While the conduct of actual FBI agents was not commented on, the director highlighted at least one problematic instance.
“I don’t know about any agents,” Chris Wray responded.
“There have been at least two instances, I think, or one instance of an individual who posted something that I consider outrageous and totally inappropriate and unacceptable.”
“And that individual has been referred to our inspection division, which is the arm, our sort of internal affairs investigatory arm that does the disciplinary process.”
Wray also revealed the internet search by failed Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Just days before the shooting, Crooks used his laptop to search for details on a previous presidential assassination.
“On July 6, he did a Google search for, quote, how far away was Oswald from Kennedy,” Wray said.
The search could lead to broader insights about the shooter himself, the director said.
“That’s a search that’s obviously significant in terms of his state of mind,” Wray added.
“That is the same day that it appears that he registered for the Butler rally.”
However, further searches of Crooks’ phone and laptop have not been disclosed.
As we reported last week, Crooks used a drone to scout the rally site and gather footage of the grounds.
“It would have shown the shooter, we think — again, we’re still doing more work on this, I really want to qualify what I’m saying, but I’m trying to be transparent and lenient here,” Wray said.
“We think it would have shown him, kind of, what would have been behind him when he was shooting.
“And so we’re trying to in effect say, OK, if this is the flight pattern, given these capabilities of the drone, what would you have seen, what could you have seen in these 11 minutes?”
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