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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: (L-R) FBI Director Kash Patel, Executive Assistant Chief of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department Jeffery Carroll and Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speak to the media following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House on November 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House Wednesday afternoon in what authorities are calling a targeted shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Patel pledges justice for National Guardsmen shot in D.C., calls them ‘brave warriors’

FBI Director Kash Patel has vowed to deliver justice to “anyone responsible” for the midday shooting that left two National Guard troops in critical condition.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. FBI Director Patel was joined by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the NY Field Office of the FBI Christopher Raia, Special Agent in Charge of the NY Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations Ricky Patel, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and various members of law enforcement as they announced indictments against current and former N.B.A. players, that include Chauncey Billups coach of the Portland Trailblazers and hall of fame inductee, Terry Rozier, a guard for the Miami Heat, in a pair of criminal cases that involved the coordination of Mafia families and professional athletes. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

FBI concludes Crooks acted alone in assassination attempt on Trump

The FBI concluded that Thomas Matthew Crooks carried out his assassination attempt against President Donald Trump last year alone and without a motive, bringing the investigation to a close.

(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (L-Top) Thomas Matthew Crooks. (Photo via: DOJ) / (L-Bottom) TOPSHOT - Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident that will fuel fears of instability ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood smeared across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)

Leavitt says Americans deserve answers on Thomas Crooks’ motive to assassinate Trump: ‘And I believe the president does too’

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt proclaimed that the American people deserve answers about the motive of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks following conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s investigation, which suggested that the FBI is withholding information.