Two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump in 2024 sparked wild online theories, but the FBI just dropped a truth bomb that shuts them down.
According to the Daily Mail, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Director Kash Patel, after exhaustive reviews, found no evidence linking either attack to foreign plots or terrorism.
The first attempt unfolded July 13, 2024, at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump in the ear. Crooks’ rampage killed two people before counter snipers took him out. Social media lit up with claims of a global conspiracy, but the facts say otherwise.
Crooks acted alone, with no ties to international schemes, according to Bongino and Patel. Their briefings, conducted since taking office in 2025, left no stone unturned. Yet, the internet’s rumor mill churned out fiction faster than a Hollywood script.
“I’m not going to tell people what they want to hear,” Bongino said. He’s right—truth doesn’t bend to wishful thinking, no matter how loud the X posts get. Conspiracy peddlers might need a reality check.
“If it was there, we would have told you,” Bongino added. His bluntness cuts through the noise, reminding us that facts don’t care about your trending hashtag. Speculation isn’t evidence, folks.
The second attempt came on September 15, 2024, at Trump’s Palm Beach golf course. Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, allegedly lurked in the shrubs, rifle in hand, until a Secret Service agent spotted him. Shots were fired, and Routh fled but was later arrested.
Routh’s case is still active, with court proceedings pending. Patel promised that federal court cases would reveal more details. Patience, not paranoia, will clarify this one.
Online sleuths swore Routh was a foreign pawn, but Bongino and Patel found zero proof. The urge to pin this on some shadowy cabal is tempting, but evidence says it’s just not there. Sometimes a lone nut is just a lone nut.
“I know people—I get it. I understand. It’s not there,” Bongino said. He’s practically begging the conspiracy crowd to take a breath and face reality. Good luck with that.
Patel echoed this, noting they scoured every possible international link. “We have personally invested our time in making sure,” he said. That’s the kind of diligence you want, not keyboard warriors spinning tales.
The absence of foreign ties doesn’t mean these attacks weren’t serious. Two attempts on a president’s life in two months are no small matter. But jumping to global plots without proof is how you lose the plot.
“A lot of that information will come out in the federal court cases,” Patel said. Transparency is coming, but it’ll be in courtrooms, not clickbait headlines. Justice moves slower than outrage, and that’s a good thing.
Both officials stressed their commitment to truth over speculation. Bongino and Patel aren’t here to fuel your late-night X scroll—they’re after facts. And facts don’t always fit neatly into a viral narrative.
These assassination attempts shook the nation, but the FBI’s findings grounded us in reality. No foreign conspiracies, no grand plots—just two disturbed individuals and a lot of internet noise. Maybe it’s time we log off and let the courts do their job.
