Would-Be Trump Assas­sin Had Encrypt­ed Mes­sag­ing Accounts On Plat­forms In 3 For­eign Coun­tries, GOP Rep Says

The 20-year-old man who attempt­ed to assas­si­nate for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on July 13 in But­ler, Penn­syl­va­nia, used encrypt­ed mes­sag­ing accounts on plat­forms in mul­ti­ple for­eign coun­tries, accord­ing to Rep. Mike Waltz (R‑FL).
Waltz, who is on the Con­gres­sion­al task force inves­ti­gat­ing the assas­si­na­tion attempt, told reporters in Chica­go on Wednes­day that it has not “learned that much” about Thomas Matthew Crooks’ encrypt­ed mes­sag­ing accounts, but he did reveal that they dis­cov­ered the accounts were based on plat­forms in Bel­gium, Ger­many, and New Zealand, which the con­gress­man described …