FBI and DHS Issue Joint Intelligence Bulletin on Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘Election-Related Targets Face Heightened Threat’

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In the wake of the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a joint intelligence bulletin.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, had aroused suspicion earlier that day when he passed through security screening carrying a rangefinder – an instrument often used by hunters and target shooters to measure distances for long-range shots, according to CNN.

The rangefinder would not have prevented Crooks from getting through the security screening point, but it did attract the attention of security personnel who kept an eye on him until he left the secure area.

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