Cremated Before the Investigation? FBI’s Actions in Trump Shooting Case Raise Alarms

A shocking report by Representative Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) exposes the FBI’s severe mishandling of the investigation into the Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, raising serious questions about how a supposedly well-trained agency could make such egregious errors. The situation suggests a possible coverup.

One of the most astonishing aspects of this case is that Crooks's body was already “gone” when Higgins, who was appointed to a congressional bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempt, requested to see it on August 5. Higgins revealed that his request caused “quite a stir” and uncovered a disturbing fact: the FBI had released Crooks's body for cremation just ten days after the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, that resulted in his death.

Higgins stated that “nobody knew” the body had already been returned to Crooks's family, including key officials like the county coroner and local law enforcement. The coroner still held legal authority over the body when the FBI handed it over, leading Higgins to accuse the agency of “obstruction.” He asserted that the coroner would not have released the body without explicit FBI approval.

Higgins expressed concern that without access to the body, it would be impossible to verify the accuracy of the coroner's and autopsy reports. He questioned why the FBI was so quick to dispose of the shooter’s body, suggesting that this action, like the rapid release of the crime scene and cleanup of biological evidence, could only be viewed as obstruction.

Crooks was cremated on July 23, the same day the Oversight Committee and the Homeland Security Committee launched their investigations into the failed assassination attempt. Higgins criticized the FBI’s “scorched earth” approach, arguing that the agency should have anticipated the upcoming congressional investigation and understood that their actions would hinder it.

In his report, Higgins, a former police officer, also condemned the FBI’s handling of the crime scene. He noted that the FBI cleaned up biological evidence, a practice virtually unheard of in law enforcement. First responders expressed a mix of surprise and suspicion at the FBI’s rapid release of the crime scene.

Crooks’s attack left 50-year-old firefighter Corey Comperatore dead and seriously injured two others, James Copenhaver and David Dutch. A bullet grazed Trump's ear, and experts believe he could have been killed if he hadn't moved his head slightly at the last moment.

The committee’s report leaves more questions than answers. Why was the body cremated so quickly, before an independent examination could be conducted? Why did the FBI release first responders from the scene and wash down the site on the second day? And why did they release the entire crime scene on the third day?