The mainstream media may be hoping Americans forget, but shocking new details have surfaced about Thomas Crooks—the would-be assassin who nearly took President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania. And this time, it’s not just about bullets—it’s about bombs.
A CBS News report casually dropped a bombshell—literally—revealing that Crooks, a 20-year-old engineering student at the time, attempted to purchase more than two gallons of nitromethane, a volatile fuel often used as an explosive precursor. Experts say that quantity, when combined with ammonium nitrate, could produce an improvised explosive device strong enough to flatten a small building. Yet somehow, this life-threatening detail was buried under musings about Crooks’ SAT scores and his love for fall weather.
A Year Later, Still No Answers
Despite this being the closest assassination attempt on a U.S. president in over four decades, law enforcement and federal agencies have remained conspicuously tight-lipped. Civil rights attorney Wally Zimolong, who fought for access to Crooks’ records on behalf of America First Legal, voiced the question on many minds:
“Were they investigating anyone else? Are they still investigating? A year later we still don’t know enough.”
Incredibly, Crooks ordered the bomb materials using an encrypted email, yet tracked shipping updates through his community college address, a blunder that gave investigators a rare window into his activities. But the bomb plot detail went largely unnoticed by legacy outlets, except as a buried line in a soft-focus personality profile by CBS.
The Forgotten Bomb
According to explosive material experts consulted by The Western Journal, if Crooks had managed to combine his nitromethane purchase with just 400 pounds of ammonium nitrate, he could have produced an Oklahoma City-style device with devastating consequences. That bomb, which killed 168 people in 1995, used similar ingredients.
So where was Crooks headed with this order? What was the intended target? Did federal authorities intercept the package? Was a larger plot underway? We still don’t know.
Instead of pressing for answers, CBS devoted ample airtime to sentimental tidbits about Crooks’ academic achievements, seasonal preferences, and grammar struggles. Apparently, a man plotting a presidential assassination with a potential car bomb deserves a literary portrait rather than an investigative reckoning.
Legacy Media’s Dangerous Apathy
The tone of CBS’ piece suggests a reluctant admission: “Yes, he plotted an attack, but wasn’t he also just a misunderstood student trying to find his way?” This attempt to humanize a domestic terrorist would be laughable—if it weren’t so dangerous.
Where’s the Watergate-style journalism that once held institutions accountable? Where’s the outrage from lawmakers? Why isn’t this the subject of a congressional hearing?
If someone had tried to assassinate President Biden with a bomb-ordering paper trail and engineering diagrams, the media would be in full-scale DEFCON-1 coverage. Instead, because it was Trump, they downplay or dismiss the story as if it’s an unfortunate footnote.
Conclusion: The American People Deserve the Full Truth
It’s not just about Crooks. It’s about accountability, transparency, and the terrifying reality that an attempted presidential assassination is being memory-holed. We need answers—not foliage poetry and glowing academic bios.
Until the media and federal authorities stop treating this as a footnote, the American people should demand what they’re being denied:
The full story. The full investigation. And the full truth.