{"id":2295271,"date":"2024-07-15T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-be-trump-assassin-linked-to-blackrock-in-strangest-twist-yet\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:34:40","slug":"would-be-trump-assassin-linked-to-blackrock-in-strangest-twist-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-be-trump-assassin-linked-to-blackrock-in-strangest-twist-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Would-Be Trump Assassin Linked to BlackRock in Strangest Twist Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwould-be-trump-assassin-linked-to-blackrock-in-strangest-twist-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during \u200ca campaign speech in \u2063Butler, Pennsylvania. \u200bIt was reported that Crooks appeared in an advertisement for\u2062 BlackRock\u2064 Inc. in 2022. \u200cBlackRock stated that their connection to Crooks was incidental and they would turn over the ad to authorities. Crooks worked as a dietary aide at a nursing\u2064 and rehabilitation center and passed \u200ba background check. Federal\u200c authorities are still investigating Crooks&#8217; background to determine a specific motive for the attack. Classmates described Crooks as a quiet and lonely person who\u2062 was \u200drejected from the school&#8217;s \u200brifle team. \u200bCrooks&#8217; father expressed\u2064 confusion about his son&#8217;s\u2062 actions and said he\u2062 would speak with law enforcement before\u2062 making any statements. The \u200darticle \u2062also mentioned BlackRock&#8217;s previous criticisms for using \u2063its money \u2063to push society to the left and the company&#8217;s denouncement of the assassination attempt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 15, 2024 at 6:09am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks, who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, once appeared in an advertisement for the multinational investment company BlackRock Inc., according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/business\/company-news\/2024\/07\/14\/blackrock-says-gunman-from-trump-rally-appeared-in-firms-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The link was revealed as federal authorities began probing Crooks\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-report-shows-police-interaction-trump-shooter-seconds-attack-situation-gets-crazier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">background<\/a> to discern a specific motive for his attack on Trump during a campaign speech in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>BlackRock said its connection to Crooks was incidental. The 20-year-old appeared as an unpaid extra in a 2022 ad the money management giant filmed at Bethel Park High School, which Crooks attended before graduating the year the ad was shot, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The company did not describe the ad but said it no longer would be used and it would be turned over to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assassination attempt on former President Trump is abhorrent. We\u2019re thankful former President Trump wasn\u2019t seriously injured, and thinking about all the innocent bystanders and victims of this awful act, especially the person who was killed,\u201d BlackRock said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A video of what appeared to be the ad featuring Crooks circulated on social media on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8Trumps Shooter \u201cThomas Mathew Crooks\u201d was featured in a BLACKROCK COMMERCIAL in 2023!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdbkfHOS04\">pic.twitter.com\/fdbkfHOS04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Real World Fan Page (@BeOutTheMatrix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeOutTheMatrix\/status\/1812654532352180615?\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>BlackRock was denounced in 2022 for using its money to push society to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis criticized CEO Larry Fink at the time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2022\/12\/01\/florida-desantis-blackrock-esg-woke\/10812382002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s undemocratic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-fierce-foe-of-woke-agenda-yanks-massive-2-billion-of-floridas-money-from-major-woke-corporation\/\" title=\"DeSantis, Fierce Foe Of Woke Agenda, Yanks Massive  Billion Of Florida\u2019s Money From Major Woke Corporation\">major asset managers<\/a> to use their power to influence societal outcomes,\u201d Patronis said. \u201cIf Larry, or his friends on Wall Street, want to change the world \u2014 run for office. Start a non-profit. Donate to the causes you care about. Using our cash, however, to fund BlackRock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-pulling-2-billion-from-blackrock-as-company-pushes-social-engineering-with-taxpayer-dollars\/\" title=\"Florida Pulling  Billion From BlackRock As Company Pushes \u2018Social-Engineering\u2019 With Taxpayer Dollars\">social-engineering project isn\u2019<\/a>t something Florida ever signed up for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until his death at the hands of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/got-gun-new-video-shows-rallygoers-warning-law-enforcement-trump-shooter-tragedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal sniper<\/a>, Crooks worked as a dietary aide at the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, administrator Marcie Grimm said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-rally-shooting-suspect-fbi-names-pennsylvania-man\/story?id=111921870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grimm said he passed a background check and \u201cperformed his job without concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Rojek, Pittsburgh special agent in charge for the FBI, said officials have yet to decipher a political ideology to which Crooks subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking into his background, his day-to-day activities, any writings, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> that might help us identify what led to this shooting. And we have not seen anything threatening,\u201d Rojek said.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks \u201cwas somebody who came across as lonely a lot,\u201d said Jameson Myers, who said he attended both elementary and high school with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The would-be assassin was \u201cmore socially reserved\u201d and someone who \u201cdidn\u2019t have a ton of friends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was friends with him \u2014 he never acted, like, by any means a political revolutionary,\u201d Myers said.<\/p>\n<p>He said his former classmate tried to make the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-trump-shooter-dead-bloody-disaster-pennsylvania-rally-da-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rifle team<\/a> but was rejected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t just not make the team, he was asked not to come back because [of] how bad of a shot he was,\u201d Myers said. \u201cIt was considered, like, dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Who, exactly, is Thomas Crooks, the Bethel Park man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/alBBxq2mKq\">https:\/\/t.co\/alBBxq2mKq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PittsburghPG\/status\/1812661124006850875?\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Classmate Zoe Materkowski said Crooks was \u201cjust a quiet kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a loner,\u201d said Jason Kohler, who was a year ahead of Crooks in school. \u201cHe would sit alone at lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Crooks, the shooter\u2019s father, said he was trying to figure out \u201cwhat the hell is going on\u201d concerning his son but would \u201cwait until I talk to law enforcement\u201d before speaking, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/trump-rally-gunman-thomas-crooks-invs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Crooks, who worked as a dietary aide at a nursing home, was described as a lonely and socially reserved individual by former classmates. 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