The suspected shooter in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump visited a gun club dozens of times in the year leading up to the attack, including on holidays, according to records newly obtained by Iowa Sen.
Chuck Grassley, as dramatic body camera footage of the incident also emerges.
Records obtained by Grassley’s office and released Thursday show Thomas Matthew Crooks’ “intense preparation in the months prior to his attempted assassination of the former president,” Grassley’s office said in a statement.
The records were provided by the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, pursuant to a congressional request, Grassley’s office said.
The records released by Grassley’s office show that since establishing a membership at the gun club on Aug. 10, 2023 — less than a year before the July 13 assassination attempt — Crooks visited the range a total of 43 times, including 20 times in his first four months of membership.
Crooks spent several holidays at the range, including Christmas Day, Valentine’s Day and Halloween, the records released by Grassley’s office show.
