Tucker Carlson: “The FBI has claimed that Thomas Crooks acted alone and that…”

“That's because for some reason the FBI, even the current FBI, doesn't want us to know. Since the start of their investigation, The FBI has claimed that Thomas Crooks acted alone and that he was a virtual ghost online with no presence at all. Their only substantive claim about Crooks motive was that he was a right winger. We learned that from FBI Deputy Director Paula Bate who said this to Congress just one month after the attempted assassination.” (01:17–01:24)

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