{"id":2391814,"date":"2025-01-17T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-davis-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-trump-assassination-attempt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:19:40","slug":"sean-davis-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-trump-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-davis-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-trump-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Davis Torches FBI Cover-Up Of Trump Assassination Attempt"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fsean-davis-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-trump-assassination-attempt%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=2391814&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>In a recent\u200d interview with Tucker Carlson, Federalist CEO Sean \u2062Davis criticized the FBI\u200d for its lack of transparency regarding the\u2063 first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> on President-elect Donald Trump.Davis highlighted \u200bthe case of Thomas Crooks, \u200cthe 20-year-old would-be assassin \u2062who shot at Trump \u2064during a \u2064rally in Pennsylvania before \u200dbeing killed by law enforcement. Despite the serious nature of the incident, data about\u2063 Crooks remains scarce, leading Davis to express frustration over the FBIS failure to disclose details about its\u200d investigation. He noted that the \u2063FBI possesses Crooks&#8217; devices and\u2062 has insights into his activities prior to the attempted\u200c attack but has not shared this information with Congress, which he believes is unjustified. \u2063Davis reiterated that Congress should\u2063 have access to this information,calling the \u200bFBI&#8217;s lack of cooperation and the assertion of\u200d &#8220;ongoing \u2064investigation&#8221; as reasons for withholding \u200dinformation unacceptable. The conversation \u200ctouches \u200bon broader concerns regarding the federal agency&#8217;s \u2062accountability and its relationship with congressional oversight.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6kGowc9TTms\">Tucker Carlson\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/17\/its-crazy-federalist-ceo-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Crazy%E2%80%99:%20Federalist%20CEO%20Torches%20FBI%20Cover-Up%20Of%20First%20Trump%20Assassination%20Attempt&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/17\/its-crazy-federalist-ceo-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Crazy%E2%80%99:%20Federalist%20CEO%20Torches%20FBI%20Cover-Up%20Of%20First%20Trump%20Assassination%20Attempt&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/17\/its-crazy-federalist-ceo-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/17\/its-crazy-federalist-ceo-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Crazy%E2%80%99:%20Federalist%20CEO%20Torches%20FBI%20Cover-Up%20Of%20First%20Trump%20Assassination%20Attempt&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/17\/its-crazy-federalist-ceo-torches-fbi-cover-up-of-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Federalist CEO Sean Davis blasted the FBI for stonewalling Congress&rsquo;s investigation into the first assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>The moment came during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6kGowc9TTms\">Frid<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6kGowc9TTms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6kGowc9TTms\">y interview<\/a>, in which Davis was asked by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson what information is publicly available about Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin who tried to kill Trump at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The 20-year-old was killed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/january-6-pipe-bomber-still-unidentified-as-new-evidence-blows-up-fbis-narrative\/\" title=\"January 6 Pipe Bomber Still Unidentified as New Evidence Blows Up FBI&#039;s Narrative\">law enforcement shortly<\/a> after the attempt on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incoming president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s life and information about his activities leading up to the shooting has remained scarce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-494797470\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Davis noted despite the near assassination having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-executive-order-on-foreign-interference-in-elections-comes-due-today-things-are-going-to-get-real-real-soon\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Executive Order On Foreign Interference in Elections Comes Due Today \u2013 Things Are Going to Get Real \u2013 Real Soon\">occurred months ago<\/a>, Americans &ldquo;still don&rsquo;t know&rdquo; much about Crooks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s wild. This kid comes out of nowhere, manages to get on the roof, shoots President Trump, [and] fires eight shots before anyone even like remotely tries to bother him,&rdquo; Davis said. &ldquo;[He] was able to fly a drone there for like 10 or 20 minutes, did recon multiple times throughout the day, had &hellip; operable IEDs in his car, had a bomb in his house, and we still know basically nothing about him. It&rsquo;s crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist CEO further referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/aflegal.org\/america-first-legal-releases-academic-records-of-thomas-crooks-shooter-in-the-first-assassination-attempt-against-president-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal efforts<\/a> by America First Legal (AFL) to acquire Crooks&rsquo; academic records, which indicated &ldquo;he was a really good student&rdquo; and a &ldquo;smart kid.&rdquo; The would-be assassin&rsquo;s SAT scores and high school and college transcripts were among the documents unearthed by AFL.<\/p>\n<p>Davis detailed how the lack of information about Crooks can be traced back to the FBI. The federal agency, The Federalist CEO noted, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fbi-cracks-phone-trump-shooting-072506267.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in possession<\/a> of Crooks&rsquo; &ldquo;phone, his devices, [and] his computer,&rdquo; but has declined to provide details of its findings.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI &ldquo;know[s] who he was talking to, they know where he went, they know where he bought stuff, [and] they know what he searched for. And we don&rsquo;t know anything about that,&rdquo; Davis said. Congressional committees &ldquo;asked the FBI all these questions &mdash; because the FBI took the lead on it.&rdquo; However, &ldquo;at the time the Senate put out their initial report,&rdquo; Davis said, the FBI had only &ldquo;given them 27 pages total.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How? I mean, it&rsquo;s Congress, they could shut the FBI down &hellip; I don&rsquo;t understand. What is going on?&rdquo; Carlson asked.<\/p>\n<p>Davis subsequently noted how the FBI does not have &ldquo;any legal basis&rdquo; to withhold such information from duly elected members of Congress. He described how agency officials will often claim the matter is an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-faces-allegations-of-additional-criminal-conduct-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Eric Adams faces allegations of &#039;additional criminal conduct&#039; - Washington Examiner\">ongoing investigation&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to justify their refusal to forfeit related records.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing in the Constitution that says this agency that Congress created and is funded by Congress can just not give them stuff because &lsquo;reasons.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s totally made up,&rdquo; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/25\/report-biden-harris-admin-is-stonewalling-congresss-investigation-into-first-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> its bipartisan report in September examining the Secret Service&rsquo;s conduct on the day of the July assassination attempt. The analysis alleged &ldquo;key requests to FBI, [Department of Homeland Security] DHS, [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] ATF and [U.S. Secret Service] USSS remain outstanding,&rdquo; and specifically highlighted how the &ldquo;majority of documents provided by the USSS and DHS [were] heavily redacted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has unnecessarily hindered the Committee&rsquo;s ability to carry out its constitutional authority to investigate and acquire information necessary to identify needed reforms,&rdquo; the report reads.<\/p>\n<p>Davis noted further efforts by the FBI to stonewall congressional inquiries into the Butler assassination attempt, specifically how the agency gave a House committee looking into the matter <a href=\"https:\/\/taskforce.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/july13taskforce.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/12-5-2024-Final-Report-Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only 81<\/a> documents out of more than 1,000 related to interviews FBI agents conducted during their investigation.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Shawn Fleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnFleetwood\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@ShawnFleetwood<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/shawnfleetwood\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/assassination-attempt\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">assassination attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/congress\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cover-up-2\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">cover up<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">FBI<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">House Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/sean-davis\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Sean Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Secret Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/thomas-crooks\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Thomas Crooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trump-assassination-attempt\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Trump assassination attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Tucker Carlson<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson-network\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Tucker Carlson Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federalist CEO Sean Davis criticized the FBI for obstructing Congress&#8217;s investigation into the assassination attempt on President-elect Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2391817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sean-Davis.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[48714,36355,48713,34974],"class_list":["post-2391814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-fbi-cover-up","tag-investigative-journalism","tag-sean-davis","tag-trump-assassination-attempt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sean-Davis.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391814","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391819,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391814\/revisions\/2391819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}