The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is claiming that Thomas Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, acted alone. 

Fox News reports that FBI Direct Kash Patel claimed as much on Friday.

This comes after Tucker Carlson raised serious questions about the FBI's investigation of the matter.

Dan and I sat down with @BrookeSingman to walk through every aspect of the Butler investigation.

We fully briefed @POTUS on the entire case, and he was satisfied with the work and the results.

These are the details the prior administration never released — and in some cases… pic.twitter.com/OPufh41FUu

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) November 21, 2025

Nothing to see here?

Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino recently spoke to Fox about the investigation.

Bongino said, "We have reviewed this case over and over — looked into every nugget. We have spoken to the families, the president — there is no cover-up here."

Patel, in particular, took aim at his predecessor, Christopher Wray, for the public's mistrust in the FBI.

He said:

My predecessor went to Congress and said he didn’t know if it was a bullet that hit President Trump in the head. The whole world knew it was a bullet. For the number one law enforcement officer to say that — it causes a massive disbelief in the institution that Dan and I are now running. But that is the difference between then and now.

The investigation is currently listed as "pending, inactive."

Trump approves

The FBI faced renewed scrutiny over its handling of the shooting investigation after a recent documentary was released by journalist Tucker Carlson. Carlson claimed that the FBI has not exactly been forthright about Crooks, the shooter.

The Daily Mail reported:

Carlson's uncovered YouTube comments allegedly posted by Crooks from 2019-2020, revealing the shooter's long digital history of making calls for assassinations and political violence. Crooks' YouTube comments indicate he radically shifted his ideology from pro-Trump towards the far left. During the final phase in 2020 of Crook's YouTube commenting, the shooter began interacting with a suspicious user 'Willy_Tepes' who appeared to encourage Crooks to commit political violence.

Carlson cited this as evidence that Crooks may have had a connection to a foreign group.

Patel immediately pushed back against this, and he continues to push back with this latest Fox interview.

According to the New York Post, President Trump is said to be "satisfied" with the FBI's handling of the case.