Trump Claims Butler Assassination Attempt Was Democrat Plot

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that the 2024 assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a "Democrat Plot" and alleged that the FBI under the Biden administration mishandled the investigation. The accusation came as newly released documents about the shooter, Thomas Crooks, were made public. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that by the time he took office in January 2025, most of the information related to the case was "missing, altered, corrupted, or gone." He asserted that "new info was just found" and declared, "This was all a Democrat Plot, to get me out of the Election, that failed." Trump also called former FBI Director Christopher Wray a "Dirty Cop" and said he "should pay a price" for his handling of the probe. The comments followed the release of FBI documents to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. The records show that Crooks, who was killed by a Secret Service sniper after the shooting, purchased rifle parts under the pseudonym "Bob Dole.