**Trump Identifies Who’s Really Behind Butler Shooting — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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Matt Walsh analyzes Trump's statements and ongoing investigations into the Butler shooting and related FBI transparency issues.

## Key Takeaways

- There is significant skepticism about the official FBI narrative regarding the Butler shooting.
- Important evidence and information are reportedly being withheld from the public and congressional investigators.
- Ongoing prosecutions are cited as reasons for limited transparency, but details remain unclear.
- The FBI and related agencies have been subpoenaed but continue to stonewall on producing critical records.
- The case raises broader concerns about government transparency and potential conspiracies.

## What the video covers

- Trump expressed skepticism about the official investigation into the Butler shooting, citing unusual details like multiple cell phones and foreign apps.
- Key figures such as Cash Patel and Dan Banino maintain there is no new information and cite ongoing prosecutions as reasons for limited disclosures.
- Several critical details remain undisclosed, including identities of associates, encrypted app communications, and reasons for rapid cremation of the shooter’s body.
- The FBI has been accused of withholding evidence and failing to comply with subpoenas from the Senate subcommittee investigating the assassination attempt.
- Senator Ron Johnson subpoenaed Cash Patel due to the FBI's failure to produce requested records, including security camera footage.
- Cash Patel testified under oath about a mysterious trial preventing further disclosure, raising questions about transparency.
- The video highlights contradictions and gaps in the FBI narrative, including the shooter’s social media footprint and potential conspiracies.
- Matt Walsh emphasizes the importance of truth and accountability in the investigation while criticizing the lack of public information.
- The video includes a pro-life message and donation appeal unrelated to the main investigation topic.
- Overall, the video suggests a government cover-up or deep state interference in the Butler shooting investigation.

## Chapters

1. 00:00 Trump's skepticism and initial statements on Butler shooting
2. 00:42 Unusual details about the shooter and his legal representation
3. 01:33 Trump's doubts and ongoing inquiries
4. 02:08 Fox News interview with Cash Patel and Dan Banino on prosecutions
5. 03:15 Limited disclosure and withheld information by the FBI
6. 04:05 Pro-life message and donation appeal
7. 05:56 Senate subpoenas and FBI stonewalling
8. 07:03 Cash Patel's congressional testimony and unanswered questions

Answers

## Questions about this video

Who is Thomas Krooks in relation to the Butler shooting?

Thomas Krooks is identified as the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on President Trump's life in Butler.

Why has the FBI not released all information about the Butler shooting?

The FBI cites ongoing prosecutions and federal court cases as reasons for withholding certain details, but critics argue this is a cover-up.

What role does Cash Patel play in the investigation?

Cash Patel, an FBI director, has been involved in the investigation and testified under oath, but has been criticized for not providing full transparency.

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00:00

Speaker A

A few months later, in May 2025, Trump told Brett Baier that he has no new information and is relying on his appointees, including Pam Bondi and Cash Patel, although he suggested he didn't fully trust the answers that he was getting.

00:14

Speaker A

Watch. And I thought it was strange. You know, the one guy had 18 cell phones. Okay, I have a lot of cell phones, but I have like two, you know, I call that a lot.

00:24

Speaker A

And I think I probably make more calls than him. It's like that's all I do. And I had two. Why does somebody have 18?

00:32

Speaker A

Another one, the first one, one from Butler, he had [clears throat] three apps, very unusual apps, and two of them were foreign apps.

00:42

Speaker A

And then he ends up with a white shoe lawyer, meaning a super lawyer from Pittsburgh, you know, the big city. And they live outside of Butler in a little place. Where did they get this lawyer that would represent IBM and would

00:58

Speaker A

represent, um, ExxonMobil? You're the president. No, no. I, I know. I know. I know.

01:04

Speaker A

Uh, I'm relying on my people to tell me what it is. You know, we have deep-seated craziness in this country and I'm relying on my people and so far they and they're good, but so far they and in

01:20

Speaker A

this case it's Secret Service. They tell me it's fine, [snorts] but it's a little hard to believe to be honest with you. Okay. It's a little bit hard to believe as I get that throbbing feeling.

01:33

Speaker A

Yeah. I get a little throbbing feeling. If you find out, we'd love to know. We continue to ask.

01:38

Speaker A

I know. I know. And a lot of people ask us. It's a little bit, it's a little bit strange. We have incredible people in there now. So now two days after this interview, Cash Patel and Dan Banino went on Fox News

01:51

Speaker A

and with a similar message, there's nothing to report. Uh, Patel suggests there's an ongoing prosecution to worry about even though Thomas Krooks is dead.

02:00

Speaker A

So is there an accomplice on the loose? I mean, who are we prosecuting? He didn't say, but it was strange. Watch.

02:08

Speaker A

How come we don't have more information on the assassination attempts on President Trump? There's, uh, two reasons, two open ongoing prosecutions. So, two of the investigations are obviously closed because the individuals are dead. Um, but there's two live prosecutions and so the

02:29

Speaker A

we can't get ahead of the federal court case. A lot of that information will come out in the federal court cases, but we have personally invested our time in making sure that we have looked at all the any possible international

02:42

Speaker A

connections to terrorism and adversaries alike. And we've both been down to Quantico. We've both done the laboratory testing. We've both seen the explosives analysis. We've both seen the firearm and physically held it. We are all in on these investigations.

02:55

Speaker A

Are we going to be surprised at what you learned? You know what, Maria? Um, Cash is not kidding. We've been personally briefed extensively on every single detail, nugget, tendril of this case. One is actively in court right now. So, out of respect for the case,

03:15

Speaker A

it's probably more appropriate that I stay quiet on that. However, I'm not going to tell people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you the truth.

03:22

Speaker A

And whether, whether you like it or not is up to you. If there was a big explosive there, right, given my history as a Secret Service agent and my personal friendship as a director does with the president, give me one logical

03:36

Speaker A

sensible reason we would not have if you can think of one. There isn't. There isn't. There in some of these cases the, there you're looking for is not there and I know people I get it I understand it's

03:50

Speaker A

not there. If it was there we would have told. Now, they may be right. It's quite possible there's no grand conspiracy, but that's not really the point. The point is that there are clearly relevant pieces of information that are being

04:05

Speaker A

withheld from the public, including the identity of the man Krooks was speaking with on the day before the shooting at the gun range. Um, the reason the FBI claimed Krooks never spoke to Willie Tis, the identity of the person who paid

04:16

Speaker A

for Krooks's cremation, the identity of the people paying for Krooks's parents, high-profile attorneys, uh, the people Krooks was speaking with on those encrypted apps, the reason the body was released for cremation so quickly, and so on. These are all details that, according to FBI's

04:32

Speaker A

own statements, the FBI has information on, but they're not providing them to the public. Instead, as of May 2025, they were simply telling us to trust them and that nothing important was being withheld. You know, there are days

04:44

Speaker A

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Speaker A

come. All gifts are tax-deductible and will reach eternity. Get involved today. Fast forward to July of 2025 and Ron Johnson, the senator from Wisconsin who chairs the Senate's permanent subcommittee on Investigations, subpoenas Cash Patel, saying the FBI has quote

06:12

Speaker A

repeatedly failed to produce to the subcommittee records and information critical to its investigation. And according to Johnson, quote, "For example, following a briefing on March 21st, 2025 by FBI forensic laboratory personnel, the subcommittee requested copies of all the records, including

06:28

Speaker A

photographs presented during the briefing. To date, the FBI has failed to produce to the subcommittee these records and photographs. Further, on June 4th, 2025, after issuing numerous requests to the Pennsylvania State Police, the committee subpoenaed PSP for records related to the July 13th, 2024

06:46

Speaker A

assassination attempt. During a phone call with staff on July 1st, 2025, PSP informed subcommittee and committee staff that PSP did not possess certain records responsive to the June 4th subpoena, such as security camera footage. According to PSP, the FBI

07:03

Speaker A

possesses all security camera footage obtained in connection to the July 13th, 2024 assassination attempt for nearly a year. The subcommittee has attempted to obtain these records and other information, including the aforementioned security camera footage.

07:15

Speaker A

However, to date, the FBI has failed to produce the requested records. But the stonewalling continued in September of 2025. Cash Patel again claims, this time under oath, that there's some mysterious trial of someone that prevents the disclosure of more

07:32

Speaker A

information about Thomas Krooks. This is from the Daily Mail. Quote, FBI director Cash Patel gave a curious answer when asked by a congressman to provide details about President Donald Trump's near assassin Thomas Matthew Krooks.

07:44

Speaker A

During a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Republican Texas Representative Wesley Hunt noted that he had asked Patel's predecessor, Christopher Ray, a very detailed question about Thomas Matthew Krooks, the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on President Trump's life. Hunt then added that he

07:59

Speaker A

would like to resubmit the question and asked if Patel would answer them. Patel responded tha...

08:11

Speaker A

his shots at then candidate Donald Trump. We have multiple references to a trial and no one knows who's on trial. That's very strange. Then in December of 2025, Ron Johnson told Miranda Divine that the FBI still hasn't been providing any

08:28

Speaker A

information and that he's relying on subpoenas to telecom companies instead. Watch what is going on there. And why did you have to subpoena Cash Patel's FBI in July to get any information?

08:46

Speaker A

You know, it it dawned on me. I mean, the older you get, the faster time flies right?

08:51

Speaker A

Yeah. And all of a sudden, we're coming up on the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt, and he started realizing, well, we haven't got any this information. Again, my assumption was, and it's always dangerous to assume.

09:03

Speaker A

Yes. My my assumption was, well, President Trump takes office. Yeah, you know, he's obviously interested in this. He's he's going to make sure that his FBI director and people around him are going to get to the bottom of this.

09:15

Speaker A

Yeah. I don't like duplicating effort. No. You know, if James Comr is doing something in the house, I mean, let them do it. Okay. I've got I've always described myself as a mosquito noodas colony. It's target rich environment.

09:26

Speaker A

So, I got plenty of things to keep me busy. Yeah. Let other people investigate this.

09:30

Speaker A

But all of a sudden, I realized and here we are a year later. I haven't heard a peep out of this. We still don't know about, you know, what what did his social media accounts say?

09:40

Speaker A

I mean, what why haven't we unlocked this information? Why why doesn't America know more about it? Because again, there's some odd things about it.

09:47

Speaker A

Yeah. You know, him appearing in commercials for was it Black Rockck? And, you know, just like the other, you know, potential assassin down in in Palm Beach. Like, I mean, it's just bizarre stuff. I mean, explain this to

09:58

Speaker A

us. And and didn't he also uh practice guns at the uh the range that federal officials were at?

10:07

Speaker A

Yeah. So there there's there's information we want to get from you know, but why did you have to subpoena the FBI? What cash Patel doesn't seem like he's really on top of things or has he been captured by the deep state?

10:21

Speaker A

I think views again my subpoenas to this administration are friendly subpoenas just kind of prompt action. Part of the problem, I'm highly sympathetic with this, whether it's Bobby Kennedy and HHS or Pam Bondi or Cash Patel. I mean, it

10:37

Speaker A

is a deep state. [clears throat] It's a pervasive deep state. It's a really deep deep state. Okay. And it's populated primarily by partisan leftists.

10:46

Speaker A

So, have you got anything on crooks? No. still we we are hoping we're hoping the telecommunication companies you know work with us but no we we haven't really uncovered things right so why is that what I mean there

11:00

Speaker A

are so many theories about Thomas Krooks 20 years old um you know did he act alone I I I I can't answer that question right it's shocking that you can't answer that question I well sorry no but I mean it's shocking that we

11:16

Speaker A

don't know I mean 18 months later. No, I mean very early on and I think this was a news outlet might have been New York Post. I mean it did a a geo uh positioning search on Krooken's phone

11:28

Speaker A

and like [snorts] kind of like that Family Circus deals, you know, all over the place, you know, the FBI headquarters. It's like yes, what's pulling off here?

11:39

Speaker A

Now, somewhere in this timeline, while Congress was getting stonewalled by the FBI, an anonymous source got Krooks's phone number from Foyer Request and was able to hack into Crooks's account where he found that in fact Krooks did have a

11:53

Speaker A

prolific social media footprint. And this revelation totally undermined the official FBI narrative that Krooks had no social media footprint, which Cash Patel either didn't know about or lied about in that interview we played earlier. And now this week, as the FBI

12:07

Speaker A

finally starts releasing documents, Trump is flat out saying that the assassination attempt and the cover up was a Democrat plot. Quote, "Everybody knows the c the crooked Joe Biden FBI didn't do what they should have with respect to the lunatic who shot me in

12:22

Speaker A

Butler, Pennsylvania. By the time I got into office on January 20th, most of the information was missing, altered, corrupted, or gone. New info was just found. Why wasn't it seen long ago? This was all a Democrat plot to get me out of

12:35

Speaker A

the election that failed. Dirty cop Christopher Ray should pay a price for the way he handled this assassination attempt and certainly for the things he said. God bless America.

12:46

Speaker A

That by the way is this is not being treated as as major headline news. The president of United States just flat out said that there was a government conspiracy among the Democrats to assassinate him.

13:00

Speaker A

That's the kind of thing you think there'll be some followup. So, like, okay, well, we don't just say that and then move on.

13:09

Speaker A

And if there's going to be any kind of followup, which it should be a lot more than a if the president of United States is is directly accusing the Democrat party at the highest levels of trying to kill

13:21

Speaker A

him, then we need a lot more than a follow-up. There should be major investigations, arrests. I mean it should be this should be treated as a as a five alarm fire obviously.

Topics: Trump Butler shooting Matt Walsh Cash Patel FBI investigation assassination attempt government transparency Senate subpoena deep state Thomas Krooks


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