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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) looked uncomfortable during an interview as he was faced with a question about Trump's accusation of a "Democrat plot" to kill him.

On Tuesday, Moreno appeared on CNN for an interview with anchor Kaitlan Collins. Trump had said that day that he found new information that the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, was part of a "Democrat plot" to try to kill him, Collins mentioned.

"I looked through the highlights of what has come out. I don't see anything that points to that," Collins said. "Have you seen anything that points to that?"...

Thomas Crooks was spotted ripping anti-Donald Trump signs from cars at a political event three days before attempting to assassinate the presidential candidate in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, the father of a former classmate told the FBI.

Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper after the 20-year-old fired eight shots at the former and future president from a nearby rooftop at a campaign rally, elevating Trump to a near mythic status days before he accepted the Republican Party nomination for president. Corey Comperatore, a rally attendee, was killed in the shooting, and two others were seriously injured.

Three days before the Butler rally, one of Crooks’ former high school classmates and his father encountered Crooks near an event center. After dropping his son off for work at the venue, the father told FBI task force officers he saw a young man “who he was 99% sure to be Thomas Crooks” in a parking lot removing “signs” from cars. ...