A 20-year-old registered Republican has been identified by the FBI as the gunman believed to have attempted to assassinate Donald Trump.
The former president was struck in the ear by a bullet during a deadly shooting at his packed rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon.
The FBI identified the attacker as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania. He was shot dead by police at the scene.
Crooks was a registered Republican, the Associated Press reported. The election in November would have been the first time he had been old enough to vote in a presidential race.
But in 2021, Crooks, then 17, made a $15 donation to a political action committee that raises funds for left-leaning and Democratic politicians, the news agency reported, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.
One audience member was killed in the attack, and two others were injured.
Republicans have blamed Joe Biden for the attempted assassination, accusing the president of whipping up opposition against his political rival.
JD Vance, who is one of the frontrunners to be Trump’s running mate, said the fatal shooting was “not just some isolated incident.”
Mike Collins, a Republican congressman from Georgia, said: “The Republican District Attorney in Butler County, PA, should immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”
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