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Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks used ‘Bob Dole’ pseudonym to stock up before Butler rally shooting

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Thomas Crooks used the pseudonym "Bob Dole" to purchase supplies and conceal his transaction history prior to his attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Federal records indicate that Crooks intentionally sought to minimize his digital footprint in the months leading up to the Butler rally shooting.

Wannabe presidential assassin Thomas Crooks used the pseudonym "Bob Dole" to conceal his purchase history and obsessed about keeping his digital footprint to a minimum, according to fed records seen by The Post.

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