{"id":2295886,"date":"2024-07-16T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-cnn-did-not-report-that-authorities-had-trump-shooter-on-their-radar\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:01:00","slug":"fact-check-cnn-did-not-report-that-authorities-had-trump-shooter-on-their-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-cnn-did-not-report-that-authorities-had-trump-shooter-on-their-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: CNN Did Not Report That Authorities Had Trump Shooter On Their \u2018Radar\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ffact-check-cnn-did-not-report-that-authorities-had-trump-shooter-on-their-radar%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=2295886&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/baronitaigas\/status\/1812520433419264372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on X<\/a> claims that CNN reported authorities had Matthew Thomas Crooks on their &ldquo;radar&rdquo; before he attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#9889;&#65039;&#127482;&#127480;: CNN reports that authorities had the shooter on their radar before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Baron of the Taiga (@baronitaigas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baronitaigas\/status\/1812520433419264372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence for this claim.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crooks worked as a dietary aide at the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and did not have a &ldquo;known history of mental illness,&rdquo; according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-rally-shooting-suspect-fbi-names-pennsylvania-man\/story?id=111921870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>. Crooks was also described by his high school classmates as &ldquo;lonely&rdquo; and &ldquo;quiet,&rdquo; the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are claiming that CNN reported that law enforcement knew about the shooter before he attempted to kill the former president. One user wrote,&rdquo;CNN reports that authorities had the shooter on their radar before the incident.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence CNN reported this. Check Your Fact reviewed CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/trump-rally-gunman-thomas-crooks-invs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> from July 14 and did not find any such reports. A wider internet search also did not yield any results. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/14\/fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter\/\">(RELATED: Viral Photo Of &lsquo;Mark Violets&rsquo; Is Not Trump Rally Shooter)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>CNN has an article about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/trump-rally-gunman-thomas-crooks-invs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks<\/a> that does not mention law enforcement knowing about him before he attempted to assassinate Trump. A law enforcement official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-rally-gunman-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a> that he was not on their radar, though has not completely ruled it out as they&rsquo;re still running his name down.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to CNN for comment and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read more&#8230; A post shared on X claims that CNN reported authorities had Matthew Thomas Crooks on their &ldquo;radar&rdquo; before he attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. &#9889;&#65039;&#127482;&#127480;: CNN reports that authorities had the shooter on their radar before the incident. &mdash; Baron of the Taiga (@baronitaigas) July 14, 2024 Verdict: False There is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2295887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161922003-scaled-e1721071447807.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2295886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161922003-scaled-e1721071447807.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}