Unsettling new footage appears to show attempted Donald Trump assassin Thomas Crooks casually strolling through the Butler, Pa., rally crowd less than two hours before he unloaded a rifle at the former president.
In the clip, filmed by employees of the clothing company Iron Clad USA, Crooks is seen walking through a row of vendors and looking at the crowd around him.
Crooks was killed by law enforcement officers after firing on the Trump rally, wounding three and killing one. Iron Clad USA / InstagramThe video was filmed at 4:26 p.m. — about an hour and 40 minutes before Crooks fired eight shots from a factory roof outside the rally, striking Trump in the ear, killing one bystander and wounding two more.
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- Trump defends female Secret Service agent who was criticized after assassination attempt: ‘So brave’
Iron Clad USA’s owner said they found the clip while looking through footage they’d taken from the rally.
“We were there just trying to sell our patriotic hats from my small business,” the company wrote in a TikTok video where they released the clip.
Former President Donald Trump sustained an injury to his ear during the attack. AFP via Getty Images“Captured a video of Thomas Matthew Crooks at 4:26pm, just before the assassination attempt occurred.”
In the clip, Crooks was alone and wearing the same clothing he was wearing when he was shot dead by the Secret Service.
