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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

FBI says gunman spent months looking for target before settling on Trump but motive unclear

The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump mounted a "sustained, detailed effort" to attack a major gathering before deciding to target the Republican presidential candidate, says the FBI.

FBI officials said Thomas Crooks, 20, searched more than 60 times for information about the Republican presidential candidate and his then-rival, Democratic President Joe Biden, before registering for the Trump Pennsylvania rally in early July.

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