The father of Thomas Crooks has revealed chilling details about his life before he tried to assassinate President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The revelations by Matthew Crooks were reported in FBI interview summaries and other documents exclusively reviewed by the New York Post. They were from the congressional investigation into the shooting.
‘Thomas did not like the welfare state and was against the “woke” ideology but never really espoused the Republican ideology.’
The father said that he never really had any strong father-son bond with Thomas, who was stoic and hard to read.
“When Thomas was born he did not scream, and he was always quiet from that point on,” said the father.
Crooks said his son had a troubled childhood but that he was very intelligent. Thomas
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