Investigators are working to access the phone of the man who shot former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The shooting is being investigated as an attempted murder.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that he had obtained the shooter's phone “for examination.” Officials told reporters in a conference call Sunday: as reported by The New York Timesthat agents in Pennsylvania were unable to access the phone. It was sent to the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, where the FBI hopes to bypass the phone's password protection. Times reported.
Investigators are still looking for clues about the motive of Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who they have identified as the gunman. Kevin Rojek, the FBI special agent in charge in Pittsburgh, told police the shooting occurred at the scene. Times and other media outlets claim the agency has access to some of Crooks' text messages, but have not shed much light on his beliefs.
