Greene Questions Trump's Role in 2024 Shooting Probe

Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned President Donald Trump's role in investigating the 2024 assassination attempt against him, urging greater transparency for the family of a rally attendee who was killed in the incident.

Greene, a Georgia Republican and longtime Trump supporter, made the remarks in a post on X on April 18, 2026, nearly two years after the shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. She shared a detailed message from Trisha Hope, a Texas activist and former Republican National Convention delegate, describing it as an "extremely important post worth the read and consideration." In her own words, Greene wrote that Corey Comperatore's family "deserves to know the truth about Matthew Crooks and what happened in Butler on July 13, 2024." She added, "President Trump, of all people, should be leading the charge. Why isn't he? That's the question."

The attack involved 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who fired shots from a rooftop about 400 feet from the stage where Trump was speaking. Authorities identified Crooks as the lone gunman; he was killed by a Secret Service sniper moments after opening fire. A bullet grazed...