The second episode of a deep-dive into Thomas Crooks, who tried to assassinate Donald Trump in July 2024.

Partial list of sources used:

'Bethel Park municipal website hacked'. CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA). March 21st, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw2x9-C5ack

'Weapons, drugs and explosive devices discovered in Bethel Park home, police say'. WTAE-TV (ABC) Pittsburgh. June 7th, 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nNio6dPsm8

'Feds charge 30 as part of investigation into drugs and weapons in Pittsburgh-area Pagans Motorcycle Club'. TribLIVE. December 9th, 2020.

https://triblive.com/local/regional/30-members-of-pagans-motorcycle-club-hit-with-drug-trafficking-and-weapons-charges/

'Police find weapons in Bethel Park High School employee's possession during on-campus arrest'. CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA). May 4th, 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcEtHj3lwUQ

'Who Is Thomas Crooks?' Tucker Carlson Network. November 14th, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXM0lN_zWSE&t=220s

Logbooks from the Clairton Sportsmen's Club (Pennsylvania). Published in redacted form by Sen. Chuck Grassley, August 2024. X post by Ken Silva, August 9th 2024.

https://x.com/JD_Cashless/status/1821732543105769882?s=20

'Trump shooter's gun club defends culture after assassination attempt'. NBC News. July 17th, 2024.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-shooters-gun-club-defends-culture-assassination-attempt-rcna162293

Lauryn Kalka, LCSW bio. Mindful Matters Counseling Group (Pittsburgh, PA).

https://mindfulmatterspgh.com/1-therapists/

Dr. Nathan Kalka's list of publications. DBLP Computer Science Bibliography website.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086037397

'Image Quality Assessment for Iris Biometric'. Nathan Kalka. Graduate Thesis, West Virginia University College of Engineering & Mineral Resources. 2005.

https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2673&context=etd

'Trump rally gunman "didn't want attention" in school, classmates said'. The New York Times. July 15th, 2024.

https://archive.is/Kpucs

Bulletproof: The Truth about the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump. Jack Posobiec & Joshua Lisec. Skyhorse Publishing, 2025.

YouTube playlist by 'Willy Tepes' (videos linked in X post by 'troofevades').

https://x.com/troofevades/status/1989463005609038221?s=20

r/chess (Reddit) post about Thomas Crooks' Chess.com profile. Circa July 15th, 2024.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1e4q99i/per_wsj_thomas_matthew_crooks_had_a_chess_profile/

'The NSA in Augusta? Reality Winner's arrest shines spotlight on agency's Georgia presence'. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 6th, 2017.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210726163323/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/the-nsa-augusta-reality-winner-arrest-shines-spotlight-agency-georgia-presence/ng91jZt4OraLKa5cHDG2ZK/

'Leaked document appears to show NSA infiltrated Cryptos, Tor, VPN'. BitCoin.com News. February 2nd, 2018.

https://news.bitcoin.com/leaked-document-appears-to-show-nsa-infiltrated-cryptos-tor-vpn/

Excerpt from Thomas Crooks' alleged Internet search history. Shown on Candace Owens' show, September 24th 2025 (at 25:43).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWSsq8ZWzw&t=1666s

Assassin Thomas Crooks' Connections. Report by The Oversight Project (The Heritage Foundation) into Thomas Crooks-linked device movements. July 22nd, 2024.

https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1815446054428352591?s=20

'Man found dead in water at Nelson Park Beach in Plymouth'. NBC10 Boston. March 2nd, 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcfsBgdbbY

Doug Bryson's LinkedIn profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-bryson-37a04829/

Col. Charles Dalgleish's LinkedIn profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-dalgleish-a0033b11/

'Was President Trump's would-be assassin Thomas Crooks part of a larger conspiracy?' The New York Post. March 3rd, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFlhG6OI4Lg&t=352s

'Medical Examiner collected Trump shooter's bile and hair, but omitted results from toxicology report'. HeadlineUSA. July 22nd, 2025.

https://headlineusa.com/exclusive-medical-examiner-collected-thomas-crooks-bile-and-hair-but-omitted-results-from-toxicology-report/

Douglas J. Hagmann bio. Amazon.com.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01DIZO6Q2/about?ccs_id=68e171bc-7de4-4738-9289-f0b11bc52e45

'Teixeira expected to plead guilty'. The Boston Globe. March 1st, 2024. Accessed on Newspapers.com.

Music:

Myuu- 'Forsaken', 'Strange Vision', 'Identity Crisis', 'Winds Wreck 2014', 'Angst', 'Lights Out', 'Unspoken', 'Bad Encounter', 'Cornered', 'Distant Reminder', 'Mirrors', 'Outsider', 'Happy Birthday Song (Creepy Piano)'.

Kevin MacLeod- 'Anxiety', 'Come Play with Me'.

Closing Dirge: '20 Racks' by Shanoviah Thomas (Novicane).

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