The FBI has just wrapped up an investigation into the Butler rally assassination attempt on President Trump’s life. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino gave an interview to Brooke Singman of Fox News, where they discussed the investigation in detail. Director Patel announced on X: Dan and I sat down with @BrookeSingman to walk through every aspect of the Butler investigation. We fully briefed @POTUS on the entire case, and he was satisfied with the work and the results. These are the details the prior administration never released — and in some cases… pic.twitter.com/OPufh41FUu — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) November 21, 2025 Dan and I sat down with @BrookeSingman to walk through every aspect of the Butler investigation. We fully briefed @POTUS on the entire case, and he was satisfied with the work and the results. These are the details the prior administration never released — and in some cases never even pursued. This @FBI has redoubled its efforts to provide the American people with full, factual transparency about this tragic attack. The biggest takeaway from the FBI’s investigation into the Butler assassination attempt was that Thomas Crooks acted alone. Despite their “deep investigation” into the matter, Patel says nobody could find any evidence of anyone else being involved or even a motive for why Crooks tried to kill President Trump. An excerpt from the exclusive Fox News report reads: The FBI came to the conclusion that Butler, Pennsylvania, would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone — after a massive team doggedly pursued interviews with thousands of foreign and domestic individuals as part of an unprecedented global investigation into the 2024 shooting of President Donald Trump, the bureau told Fox News Digital as part of a lengthy, behind-the-curtain rundown of the probe. FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and a senior official with direct involvement in the Butler, Pennsylvania, investigation sat down for an unprecedented interview with Fox News Digital for more than an hour Thursday afternoon at FBI headquarters. Patel told Fox News Digital that the investigation was a “Day One priority” for the bureau. “Dan and I have been on this since we got here eight months ago. We not only had to maintain the chain of command to President Trump, but we had to remind the world that President Trump was the victim — one of the four victims — on that day,” Patel said. “There are victims’ rights rules that apply to him, and they don’t get erased because he is the president.” “We fully briefed the president, as a victim of this case, at the White House, providing him with all of the details of our investigation, and the president was satisfied with the results and where we left it,” he said. Patel, Bongino and the senior official, who has requested anonymity due to his sensitive work, shared new details of the monthslong investigation in an effort to provide maximum transparency to the American people amid recent reports that have suggested several theories, which Patel, Bongino and the official debunked. “We have reviewed this case over and over — looked into every nugget. We have spoken to the families, the president — there is no cover-up here,” Bongino told Fox News Digital. “There is no motive for it, there is no reason for it.” Here’s a breakdown of the final conclusions from the FBI’s investigation: The FBI concluded that Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The investigation was massive and global, involving: Over 1,000 interviews in the U.S. and internationally Review of 2,000+ tips 10+ search warrants and more than 100 subpoenas Analysis of 13 devices and 35 online accounts tied to Crooks and his family Crooks had foreign email accounts, but investigators found no foreign involvement. Investigators processed 500,000+ electronic files in total. No evidence connects Crooks to foreign actors, organizations, or co-conspirators. Claims tying Crooks to a figure named William Tepes were investigated but showed no direct communication. Crooks left no manifesto and provided no explanation of motive. His online posts showed some violent rhetoric (mostly from 2019–2020) but no coordinated planning with others. An undetonated explosive device was found in his vehicle; it could be remotely detonated but the receiver was turned off. Crooks used a .223 rifle, fired eight rounds, and had more ammunition in his vehicle. All rounds were accounted for, eliminating the “second shooter” theory. The FBI controlled and processed the crime scene thoroughly, collecting physical and forensic evidence. An autopsy was conducted and DNA collected before releasing the body to family. The FBI provided tens of thousands of pages of investigative documents to Congress. Leadership says they remain confident in the findings but will pursue any new credible leads. The article also notes limits on FBI monitoring of online activity due to First Amendment protections. So, let’s get this straight. The FBI just concluded that a 20-year-old nerdy kid carried a 12-foot ladder, rifle, and rifle rounds an entire mile to the Butler Trump rally, then climbed up a roof that he somehow knew was unguarded. All alone. No one helping or assisting. Hmm. And, let’s not forget…after Crooks shot the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president of the United States, the FBI literally hosed down the crime scene. And yet, we’re expected to believe that there was nothing suspicious going on? It was just a crazy, left-wing lone wolf attack on President Trump who had no clear motive. He just woke up one day and decided to go try to kill Donald Trump! That’s it, case closed? Many folks aren’t buying it. Take a look at some of these responses: “Just a guy that hit every lucky jackpot multiple times by getting every single convenient blind spot, security gap and reasonable person’s suspicions to take a shot at the most important political figure of our generation.”. Yup. Case closed, boys. pic.twitter.com/GK8lOyPAo3 — OrraThePoet (@OrraObserves) November 21, 2025 I’m pretty sure the FBI once concluded the same thing about JFK… And look at how that turned out. — Christine Taylor Kight (@christinekight) November 21, 2025 You’re asking a country that watched the Epstein “suicide,” Las Vegas, and 9/11 intel failures to just nod along when the same institutions tell us it was one lonely guy with a rifle. Sorry, some of us still have a memory and a brain. — ʞɔɐ? (@Skoorbkaz) November 21, 2025 The biggest lies in history start with “the FBI has concluded” — ChuckTrades (@ChuckInTheMoney) November 21, 2025 What do you think? Did Thomas Crooks act alone?

President Trump’s meeting with newly-elected mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani today was quite shocking. The actual meeting happened behind closed doors, but President Trump and Mamdani delivered remarks from the Oval Office after it was over. By all appearances, it went really well. In a stunning twist, President Trump says that, after his discussion with Mamdani, he is “very confident he can do a good job” as Mayor of NYC. He even said that Mamdani will “surprise some conservative people, actually” with his policies! Watch this: Backup here if needed: BREAKING: President Trump says Zohran Mamdani will surprise CONSERVATIVES in coming policy decisions, after their Oval meeting “We had discussions on some things. I won’t discuss what they were. I feel very confident he can do a good job. I think he’s gonna surprise some… pic.twitter.com/LDQ70BWF22 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 21, 2025 BREAKING: President Trump says Zohran Mamdani will surprise CONSERVATIVES in coming policy decisions, after their Oval meeting “We had discussions on some things. I won’t discuss what they were. I feel very confident he can do a good job. I think he’s gonna surprise some conservative people, actually!” “We’re gonna see what works. He’s gonna change. We all change. I’ve changed a lot.” For his part, Mamdani stood there like an obedient boy, nodding along and agreeing with everything that President Trump had to say. This is the same guy who was calling President Trump a fascist, authoritarian despot just weeks ago! What a change in just one meeting. Oh, to be a fly on the wall and hear what went down during their talk!… Sounds like Mamdani got a reality check in that meeting. — Luca Taner (@LucaTaner) November 21, 2025 We’ll see if President Trump is right and Mamdani’s policies “shock” us all. What do you think?

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer warned that former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could face criminal charges for contempt of court should they fail to show up for a deposition into their relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani had their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.

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What is President Trump’s plan after his extremely pleasant response to his meeting with Zohran Mamdani? He went from saying Zohran wouldn’t get the $10 billion in federal funding to he’s going to do a good job. He recently called Zohran a “communist lunatic,” and Mamdani recently called Trump a “despot.” Trump now says he’d […] The post President Trump’s Plan in Dealing with Zohran the Bolshevik appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

NBC News spoke with about 20 voters in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district and they praised her but are still sticking with President Trump. I’m not surprised. Her constituents like her. Why would they vote for someone else? Conservatives are very loyal in general. I don’t doubt they will still vote for her. The people interviewed […] The post MTG’s Voters Will Still Vote for Her? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday. The closure in the heart of cattle-feeding country signaled that supplies will remain tight, forcing meatpackers to pay steep prices for cattle to process into steaks and hamburgers. Beef prices have set records due to low supplies and strong demand, raising costs for consumers. President Donald Trump said last month that he was working to bring down prices. Tyson said it will also reduce operations at a beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, to a single, full-capacity shift, affecting about 1,700 workers. “Tyson Foods recognizes the impact these decisions have on team members and the communities where we operate,” the company said in a statement. Tyson said the changes were expected around January 20 and that it will increase production at other facilities to meet customer demand. Beef prices soared this year as cattle supplies dwindled and meatpackers increasingly competed for limited supplies of livestock. Ranchers slashed their herds after a years-long drought burned up pasture lands and hiked feeding costs. Some have slowly started to rebuild their herds, though it takes at least two years to raise full-grown cattle. Tyson’s beef business suffered adjusted losses of $426 million in the 12 months ended on September 27 and $291 million over the previous year. The meatpacker projected the unit will lose $400 million to $600 million in the 2026 fiscal year. “We all expected a plant to be closed at some point in 2026,” said Rich Nelson, chief strategist for Allendale. “I’m a little surprised they’re doing it preemptively.” Losses in Tyson’s beef business were a turnaround from the fat profits it and other processors reaped during the COVID-19 pandemic, when meat prices soared as infections among plant workers slowed output. The Lexington plant can process roughly 5,000 cattle per day, or about 5% of total U.S. slaughtering, but it has already been operating below capacity, said Matt Wiegand, commodity broker for FuturesOne in Nebraska. Its closure will shock the city of about 10,000 residents and hurt local feedyards that fatten cattle, he said. “Tyson’s announcement will have a devastating impact,” said U.S. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska. “It’s no secret that just a few years ago, packers like Tyson were making windfall profits while the rest of the industry was continuously in the red.” In Amarillo, Tyson’s plant can slaughter roughly 6,000 cattle per day, according to industry estimates. The White House had no immediate comment. Trump has sought to boost beef imports from countries such as Argentina to ease prices for U.S. consumers, angering American ranchers. On Thursday, he removed 40% tariffs he had imposed this summer on Brazilian food products that slowed imports of beef used to make hamburger meat. Trump has also accused meatpacking companies of driving up U.S. beef prices through manipulation and collusion, and ordered the Justice Department to investigate. (Reporting by Tom Polansek; Editing by Nia Williams and Bill Berkrot)