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[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]

[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]

An identified shooter, [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]],<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as the gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally]. By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> asked his boss for the day off, telling him he had 'something to do,'

An identified shooter, [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]],<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as the gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally]. By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> asked his boss for the day off, telling him he had 'something to do,'

<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13641825/Trump-shooter-crooks-boss-request-work.html Trump shooter's ominous request to his boss before assassination attempt revealed... and the eerie moment he locked eyes with counter-sniper before opening fire], Dominic Yeatman, ''Daily Mail'', Jul 17, 2024</ref> and had conducted internet searches for mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, major political figures and political events such as that Trump rally,<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-update-donald-trump-shooting-1927677 Thomas Matthew Crooks Update: New Details on Trump Shooter Released], ''Newsweek'', July 19, 2024</ref> as well as how to build explosives.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/19/us-news/thomas-crooks-researched-ethan-crumbley-parents-report/ 'Thomas Crooks researched Ethan Crumbley, watched livestream of Trump just before trying to kill him]. By Joe Marino and forOlivia Land, ''The New York Post'', July 19, 2024</ref>

<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13641825/Trump-shooter-crooks-boss-request-work.html Trump shooter's ominous request to his boss before assassination attempt revealed... and the eerie moment he locked eyes with counter-sniper before opening fire], Dominic Yeatman, ''Daily Mail'', Jul 17, 2024</ref> and had conducted internet searches for mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, major political figures and political events such as that Trump rally,<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-update-donald-trump-shooting-1927677 Thomas Matthew Crooks Update: New Details on Trump Shooter Released], ''Newsweek'', July 19, 2024</ref> as well as how to build explosives.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/19/us-news/thomas-crooks-researched-ethan-crumbley-parents-report/ 'Thomas Crooks researched Ethan Crumbley, watched livestream of Trump just before trying to kill him]. By Joe Marino and Olivia Land, ''The New York Post'', July 19, 2024</ref>

The shooter was reported to have 3 overseas bank accounts.

The shooter was reported to have 3 overseas bank accounts.

He was a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, a nursing-home employee,<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5 What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump], ''AP'', July 14, 2024</ref> was socially awkward with no political profile, according to his classmates;<ref name=wsj14jul2024>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks--lrMt72pIYPaqiqCoDta2 Portrait of Trump Shooting Suspect Emerges], WSJ July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks starred in a [[Blackrock]] commercial filmed at Bethel Park High School, from which he graduated in 2022.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/trump-shooter-appeared-in-2022-blackrock-ad-investment-firm-pulls-it-down-2566973-2024-07-15 Trump shooter appeared in 2022 BlackRock ad, investment firm pulls it down], ''[[Reuters]]'', UPDATED: Jul 15, 2024. indiatoday.in</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/r6PWmi4y5pw Trump shooter tied to Blackrock], The Jimmy Dore Show, Jul 14, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> BlackRock, which donated a record amount to Democrats in the [[2022 Midterm elections]],<ref>[https://www.pionline.com/washington/blackrock-donates-record-amount-us-political-campaigns-esg-fight-heats BlackRock donates record amount to U.S. political campaigns as ESG fight heats up], ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', November 07, 2022. pionline.com</ref> stands to lose "the billions of dollars it has invested in [[Ukraine]]" if President Trump wins reelection in 2024.<ref>[https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-proviv-zustrich-iz-kerivnictvom-najbilshoyi-u-svit-82725 President holds meeting with world's largest investment company on creation of fund for rebuilding Ukraine], PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE [[Volodymyr Zelensky|VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY]] Official website, 5 May 2023. president.gov.ua</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about [[oligarch]] activities over the [[4th of July]] just days before the assassination attempt, " As more leading Democrats say privately that [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] should withdraw from the presidential race, some of the party’s most prominent backers on [[Wall Street]] spent the holiday weekend debating what to do next...The group — including [[Larry Fink]] of BlackRock; [[Robert Rubin]], the former [[Treasury secretary]]; Jon Gray of Blackstone; [[Peter Orszag]] of Lazard; Blair Effron of Centerview Partners; and Robert Wolf, a former [[UBS]] executive close to [[Barack Obama]] — talked to friends, colleagues and in some cases each other about whether to stick with Biden."<ref>[https://archive.is/x7Nms Biden’s Wall Street Donors Are Increasingly ‘Concerned’], By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni, Vivienne Walt and Benjamin Mullin, ''[[New York Times]], July 8, 2024. nytimes.com</ref>

He was a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, a nursing-home employee,<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5 What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump], ''AP'', July 14, 2024</ref> was socially awkward with no political profile, according to his classmates;<ref name=wsj14jul2024>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks--lrMt72pIYPaqiqCoDta2 Portrait of Trump Shooting Suspect Emerges], WSJ July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks starred in a [[Blackrock]] commercial filmed at Bethel Park High School, from which he graduated in 2022.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/trump-shooter-appeared-in-2022-blackrock-ad-investment-firm-pulls-it-down-2566973-2024-07-15 Trump shooter appeared in 2022 BlackRock ad, investment firm pulls it down], ''[[Reuters]]'', UPDATED: Jul 15, 2024. indiatoday.in</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/r6PWmi4y5pw Trump shooter tied to Blackrock], The Jimmy Dore Show, Jul 14, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> BlackRock, which donated a record amount to Democrats in the [[2022 Midterm elections]],<ref>[https://www.pionline.com/washington/blackrock-donates-record-amount-us-political-campaigns-esg-fight-heats BlackRock donates record amount to U.S. political campaigns as ESG fight heats up], ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', November 07, 2022. pionline.com</ref> stands to lose "the billions of dollars it has invested in [[Ukraine]]" if President Trump wins reelection in 2024.<ref>[https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-proviv-zustrich-iz-kerivnictvom-najbilshoyi-u-svit-82725 President holds meeting with world's largest investment company on creation of fund for rebuilding Ukraine], PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE [[Volodymyr Zelensky|VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY]] Official website, 5 May 2023. president.gov.ua</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about [[oligarch]] activities over the [[4th of July]] just days before the assassination attempt, " As more leading Democrats say privately that [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] should withdraw from the presidential race, some of the party’s most prominent backers on [[Wall Street]] spent the holiday weekend debating what to do next...The group — including [[Larry Fink]] of BlackRock; [[Robert Rubin]], the former [[Treasury secretary]]; Jon Gray of Blackstone; [[Peter Orszag]] of Lazard; Blair Effron of Centerview Partners; and Robert Wolf, a former [[UBS]] executive close to [[Barack Obama]] — talked to friends, colleagues and in some cases each other about whether to stick with Biden."<ref>[https://archive.is/x7Nms Biden’s Wall Street Donors Are Increasingly ‘Concerned’], By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni, Vivienne Walt and Benjamin Mullin, ''[[New York Times]], July 8, 2024. nytimes.com</ref>