'Born without making a sound': New docs reveal Trump rally shooter details

Newly released FBI interview documents reviewed by the New York Post provide fresh details about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in July 2024.The documents were provided to Senate judiciary committee chairman Chuck Grassley as part of his ongoing investigation into the July 13, 2024, shooting.Crooks’ father, Matthew, told investigators that his son had been unusually quiet from childhood. “When Thomas was born he did not scream and he was always quiet from that point on,” he said, according to FBI interview notes.Matthew said he never developed a strong father-son bond with Crooks and described him as someone who rarely displayed strong emotions, seldom laughed and was difficult to read.Matthew recalled several incidents from Crooks’ childhood in which he acted out, including damaging a school desk because he was bored and wanted attention.By middle school, his parents suspected…