“When Thomas was born he did not scream and he was always quiet from that point on," his father, Matthew, told feds in newly unearthed investigation documents exclusively viewed by The Post about the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt in Butler, Penn.
Despite his undemonstrative demeanor, Matthew Crooks said, his son scored at 1400 on his first attempt at the SAT without studying. He later improved to a near-perfect 1500.
Surveillance footage captured Crooks pacing in the family's garage, with his “arms going up and down … frantically talking and not making any sense” while cleaning a gun, according to his dad.
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.
