There were at least two assassination attempts -- that the public is aware of -- against President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign, but much of the media quickly moved past those major events and relatively little information about the would-be assassins has been released.

Even Trump has apparently been kept in the dark, as he just publicly directed the U.S. Secret Service to turn over to him everything that is known about the individuals who tried to kill him, according to Fox News.

The fact that the new sitting president, who as a major party candidate and nominee was twice targeted by gunmen, felt the need to demand that information involving him be shared with him publicly, strongly implies some sort of coverup by the prior administration.

"I’m entitled to know"

In an exclusive interview with the New York Post on Friday, President Trump revealed that he'd ordered the Secret Service to provide him with "every bit of information" that was known about his two would-be assassins.

"I want to find out about the two assassins," Trump said. "Why did the one guy have six cell phones and why did the other guy have [foreign] apps?"

"No more holding back because of Biden," he continued with a mention of his predecessor. "I’m entitled to know. And they held it back long enough. No excuses."

Shots fired at campaign rally

On July 13, 2024, at an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump was grazed on the ear by a bullet fired by gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, who opened fire with a rifle from a nearby rooftop overlooking the rally site, according to Fox News.

In addition to wounding Trump, Crooks managed to kill one rally-goer and wound two others before he was killed by a Secret Service countersniper.

It was later discovered by investigators -- and publicly revealed by a congressional probe -- that Crooks was found with a cellphone that included at least three encrypted messaging apps that were based in foreign nations including Belgium, Germany, and New Zealand.

Ambush at the golf course

Just barely more than two months later, on September 15, 2024, would-be assassin Ryan Routh, 59, was spotted by Secret Service agents and fired upon while waiting with a rifle in the bushes along the perimeter of President Trump's International Golf Club in West Palm Beach near his Mar-a-Lago resort home in South Florida, per Fox News.

Routh fled the scene but was arrested a short time later by local law enforcement. He is being held in custody ahead of a trial scheduled for a year later in September 2025 on multiple federal charges, to which he has pled not guilty.

When Routh was captured, police reportedly found no less than six separate cellphones in his possession.

Why has so little info been publicly released?

There is much about Crooks and Routh that is presumably known by federal investigators but has not been divulged to the public, or apparently even to President Trump, given his remarks to the Post.

While it is somewhat understandable that some details about Routh would be kept secret, given his pending prosecution, the same cannot be said about the deceased Crooks, and hopefully Trump's pressure on the Secret Service to reveal what is known about him will end any coverup that may have been attempted by the prior administration.