Republished with permission from JoeHoft and AbleChild.
Forty-five days after the assassination try on former President Donald Trump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a litany of investigative information.
Whereas any nibble goes a great distance, the knowledge supplied has shortcomings insomuch because the FBI nonetheless is just not being particular concerning the all-important physical evidence.
Particular Agent accountable for the FBI Pittsburgh Subject Workplace, Kevin Rojek, supplied remarks throughout a media name that merely increase extra questions.
For instance, Rojek explains that the “FBI is now in possession of the topic’s post-mortem and toxicology reviews from the coroner’s workplace.”
Nice. When did the FBI receive the post-mortem and toxicology reviews from the coroner? Is Rojek referring to the Butler County Coroner or the Allegheny County Medical Examiner? Folks typically confuse these two entities. Specificity can be useful. It issues.
Rojek additionally says that the “post-mortem report indicated the topic was pronounced deceased at 6:25 p.m. on July 13, 2024, on account of a single gunshot wound to the pinnacle.”
This reads similar to the Butler County Coroner’s dying certificates, not the ME’s post-mortem.
If that is from the coroner and never the ME, then there are severe issues. The coroner’s report reads, “an inquisition taken at 615 Whitestown Highway on the thirteenth day of July…” Nope.
The coroner went to the crime scene at midnight on the thirteenth and was rebuffed and instructed to return later. The coroner returned at 6 a.m. on the 14th to finish the dying investigation.
Assuming the FBI instructed the coroner to return later, then the dying investigation report is inaccurate and must be corrected, and Agent Rojek ought to have defined why the coroner was despatched away at midnight.
Subsequent. Agent Rojek explains that “all reviewable proof collected from the AGR roof and from the Topic’s physique are in step with the spherical fired by the Secret Service Sniper.” It’s attention-grabbing that the FBI would use the phrase “constant.”
What the general public must know is whether or not a projectile was recovered from the topic’s physique and was there a rifling match between the projectile and the barrel of a sniper’s weapon?
Offering the ballistics report can be useful. Additional, taking a look see on the post-mortem would additionally present vital details about which path the projectile faraway from the topic traveled. Specificity.
Rojek defined that the FBI rendered “the scene secure and following our established proof gathering procedures, the FBI contacted the Butler County Coroner’s workplace.” “Proof gathering?”
What proof was gathered previous to the coroner figuring out time and reason for dying? What proof was touched, moved or eliminated by the FBI previous to the coroner arriving on the scene twelve hours after the taking pictures?
Once more, figuring out why the FBI turned away the coroner at midnight can be useful. Agent Rojek additional explains that “the coroner eliminated the physique from the scene and carried out a dying investigation.”
The coroner eliminated the physique previous to his investigation? That appears odd. Wouldn’t the physique be vital in writing crime scene notes? What about pictures of the deceased on the roof?
Agent Rojek additionally reviews that the “toxicology revealed unfavorable outcomes for alcohol and medicines of abuse.” Actually? What about different medicine, like prescribed psychiatric medicine?
Did the ME conduct toxicology exams to find out whether or not the topic had been on a number of pharmaceuticals? Too typically these exams are usually not carried out by ME’s.
For instance, recall that within the case of Nashville mass shooter, Audrey Hale, the ME reported that “Hale’s blood did not reveal any positive findings of toxicological significance.”
Later it was reported that Hale had been taking multiple prescribed psychiatric drugs on the time of the taking pictures. A full toxicology report issues.
Agent Rojek explains that the FBI “adopted all acceptable evidence-gathering procedures and accomplished the ultimate launch of the scene seven days after the assault…which included cleansing the organic materials from the AGR roof…”
This can be a level of rivalry amongst regulation enforcement consultants that argue this isn’t commonplace process for the investigating physique to scrub a criminal offense scene.
However, whereas it’s useful to have the FBI lastly launch some details about its investigation, a lot of the knowledge launched simply provides to an inventory of questions.
Greater than that, although, one should marvel why the whole post-mortem has not been launched for public evaluation, why the ballistics report has not been launched for public evaluation and why there was no point out of fingerprint and DNA exams accomplished by the FBI on the alleged shooter?
It’s of curiosity, too, that there isn’t any point out of the “white van.” Sure, that white van that police discovered by use of the police K9 unit. In response to The Daily Mail reviews concerning the white van, “officers searched the battered white car from which they eliminated explosives after they had been led throughout fields to its location by their K9 unit.”
Fox News reported that regulation enforcement combed by way of a white van believed to have been utilized by Thomas Matthew Crooks after he practically assassinated former President Trump.”
Fox additional reported that “officers discovered explosives, together with an improvised explosive system, contained in the van… emphasised that multiple was discovered.” The tag on the white van was reportedly from Arizona.
So. Why is there no point out of this white van by the FBI? A couple of explosive system was discovered contained in the van and there’s a video of police combing by way of the van.
Why is that this van not talked about by the FBI, even whether it is simply to say the van had nothing to do with Crooks. After all, that may be an issue. Canine sniffed out the van based mostly on Crooks scent.
One other car with explosives? It positive appears like multiple topic or at the least multiple car.
So, no post-mortem, no full toxicology, no fingerprint or DNA knowledge, and no ballistics report. Oh, and an additional car with explosives.
No one desires to be Johnny Rain Cloud, however the FBI’s “up to date” data solely raises extra questions that have to be addressed…questions that the FBI ought to have already answered. What’s the issue?
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