Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) has accused the FBI of obstructing the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump by prematurely cremating the body of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Higgins, a former police captain and member of the bipartisan congressional task force reviewing the incident, uncovered this disturbing fact during his own inspection in early August.
REPORT: The FBI secretly released would be Trump assas*in Thomas Crooks' body to be cremated before Rep. Clay Higgins could examine it.
According to a preliminary investigative report from Higgins, the FBI cremated Crooks' body without telling anyone 10 days after the PA rally… pic.twitter.com/AP1Wx53PLi
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 16, 2024
On August 5, Higgins attempted to view Crooks’ body as part of his investigation into the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. However, he was informed that the FBI had already released the body for cremation just 10 days after the shooting—without informing the county coroner or local law enforcement, who still had legal authority over the body.