CIA Addresses Claims Thomas Matthew Crooks Was Subject of MKUltra Experiment
Shortly after the FBI revealed that Thomas Matthew Crooks was the gunman at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, who shot President Trump and killed former fire chief Corey Comparatore, hundreds of users on X speculated Crooks may have been part of a CIA MKUltra experiment.
MKUltra was a mind control experiment conducted by the CIA between 1953 and 1973 where agents used psychoactive drugs such as LSD and other chemicals on subjects without their consent in an attempt to brainwash and force the subjects to make confessions.
In response to the recent claims that Crooks was part of a CIA MKUltra experiment, the CIA has issued a rare comment refuting the claims.
A CIA spokesperson told Gizmodo,
