The body of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks has ‘gone’, a congressman revealed in a report last night accusing the FBI of a ‘scorched earth’ investigation.
Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican who was appointed to Congress’ bipartisan task force reviewing the assassination attempt, tried to view Crooks’ body on August 5 as part of his own personal inspection.
The former police captain said his request to view the body ’caused quite a stir and revealed a disturbing fact’.
It was at this point that he learned that the FBI had ‘released the body for cremation 10 days’ after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Higgins says ‘nobody knew’ that the body had been returned to the family, including the county coroner and local enforcement. He writes that the coroner still had ‘legal authority over the body’ when the FBI made this decision and accuses the agency of ‘obstruction’.
The congressman’s report comes amid grave concerns over how the shooting was allowed to unfold, with Trump barely escaping with his life and a rally attendee being killed in one of the greatest security failings in American history.
Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle was forced to resign on July 23 – but many questions remain unanswered, with no motive yet provided for 20-year-old Crooks’ assassination attempt.
Higgins said that he took it upon himself to investigate during a ‘boots on the ground’ trip to Butler from August 4 to 6.
