THE FBI RIGHT NOW AT NOON, AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, INVESTIGATORS JUST REVEALED NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE 20 YEAR-OLD GUNMAN, INCLUDING INTERNET SEARCHES. THEY SAY REVEAL AN INTEREST IN MASS SHOOTINGS. POWER PLANTS IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SLOVAKIA’S PRIME MINISTER EARLIER THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, AND DESPITE HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS, FBI OFFICIALS SAY THEY DO STILL NOT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UNCOVER A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. WELL, TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT BEGINNING IN SPRING OF LAST YEAR, CROOKS MADE MORE THAN 25 FIREARMS RELATED PURCHASES FROM AN ONLINE FIREARMS VENDOR USING AN ALIAS. WE ALSO HEAR FROM THE FBI THAT HE USED AN ALIAS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. HE MADE SIX CHEMICAL PURCHASES ONLINE OF MATERIALS USED TO CREATE THOSE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES THAT THOSE INVESTIGATORS FOUND. WE KNOW THE WEAPON HAD A COLLAPSIBLE STOCK, AND WE KNOW THE SUBJECT CARRIED A BACKPACK WITH HIM. AND AS HE MADE HIS WAY TO THE POSITION ON THE ROOF, HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE HOW THE SUBJECT WAS ABLE TO CONCEAL THE RIFLE UNTIL JUST MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. REGARDING EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, WE RECOVERED TWO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FROM THE TRUNK OF THE SUBJECT’S VEHICLE NEAR THE SITE OF THE RALLY, AND ONE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN THE SUBJECT’S ROOM AT HIS RESIDENCE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE FBI AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. FBI OFFICIALS SAY IT IS STANDARD PROTOCOL TO SPEAK WITH VICTIMS OF FEDERAL CRIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, THOMAS CROOKS PARENTS HAVE BEEN, QUOTE, EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE WITH INVESTIGATORS, ACCORDING TO THE FBI. HIS PARENTS SAID THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SON’S PLANS, AN