FBI to take Trump's testimony about assassination

FBI officials explained the interview with Donald Trump was to get his "perspective on what he observed" during the assassination attempt.

As is known, at a Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, a young man named Thomas Matthews Crooks fired eight shots from a submachine gun, injuring the former president, killing one attendee, and injuring many others.

Former US President Donald Trump was assassinated on July 13. Photo: AP

In a new memo on the investigation into the attack, FBI agent Kevin Rojek said the interview with Trump would be “a standard victim interview, just like we would do with any other crime victim in any other situation.” The agent added: “We want to get his perspective on what he observed.”

In an interview with FOX News on Monday, Mr. Trump said the working session between him and the FBI will take place on Thursday (August 1).

FBI officials said they had yet to determine the motive behind the attack by the 20-year-old gunman, who was shot dead by a US Secret Service sniper shortly after his failed attempt to assassinate Mr Trump.

The FBI has also not identified any co-defendants. "We know this subject is highly intelligent, has a college education and has a stable job. His primary social circle appears to be limited to his immediate family as we believe he has very few friends and acquaintances," said Agent Rojek.

According to Mr. Rojek, the assassin searched online for information about power plants, mass shootings and improvised explosive devices, as well as the recent assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray told US lawmakers that Thomas Matthews Crooks searched online for details about the 1963 shooting of then-US President John F. Kennedy.

Nguyen Khanh (according to DW, AFP, AP)

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