Trump assassin visited shooting range 43 times.
Donald Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' biggest obsession is revealed with explosive new details
14:30 EDT 08 Aug 2024, updated 15:53 EDT 08 Aug 2024 By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
New documents reveal Trump's would-be assassin was a 'dietary aide'
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Thomas Matthew Crooks spent copious amounts of time at a nearby gun club as sharpshooting became his profound obsession before he attempted to kill former President Donald Trump.
The would-be assassin visited the range 43 times went to target practice three tosix times per month for a yearbefore the assassination plot, according to bombshell new records obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Clairton Sportsmen's Club turned over to Grassley the logs revealing the staggering amount of the time Crooks practiced his sharpshooting before he attempted to kill Trump.
The records obtained by DailyMail.com indicate he spent 80 percent of his time at the range doing rifle practice with long guns rather than handguns.
And the obsession even overshadowed his holidays as he spent Christmas Day, Valentine's Day and Halloween at the club in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
A membership renewal card reveals that Crooks described himself as a 'dietary aide,' at a nursing home.
The 20-year-old used his father's AR-style weapon to fire from a nearby rooftop at a Trump tally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
A bullet grazed the former president's right ear, missing his brain by just millimeters. One rally goer was killed and two others were critically injured before the Secret Service neutralized Crooks.
The new information provided to Grassley reveals that Crooks' final visit to the shooting range was at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, July 12 the day before the shooting.
FBI Director Christopher Wray shared bombshell new details with Congress last month, including that Crooks had visited a shooting range the day before the rally.
Wray was unable to tell lawmakers if Crooks carried the gun to the rooftop just 400 feet from the stage or if he stashed it prior to climbing up.
He also said that Crooks and his family owned a combined 14 guns and the AR weapon he used to shoot at Trump was purchased legally by his father and sold to him in October 2023.
Still not much is known about Crooks or his motive for targeting Trump.
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