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?