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Thomas Crooks made dozens of 'firearms-related purchases' in secret before Trump shooting
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0:38Now PlayingDonald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks made more than two-dozen “firearms- related purchases” starting a year before he tried to kill the former president, carefully covering his tracks by using a fake name and trying to hide his activity online, according to law enforcement sources.
Last spring, Crooks, 20, began to gear up — making more than 25 separate purchases from online gun supply stores using an alias, sources told The Post.
Crooks took great pains to conceal his online activities, which shows he was engaged in meticulous planning even well ahead of the campaign rally, sources said.
It was not immediately known if any of the purchases were actual firearms, though federal law requires background and ID checks before buying a gun in most cases.
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