Trump agrees to victim interview as FBI searches for shooter's motive

• Former President Donald Trump will participate in an FBI victim interview about his attempted assassination at a campaign rally.
• The FBI wants Trump's "perspective" on the attack, when a shooter fired at the Republican nominee while he was on stage in Pennsylvania.
• The FBI said it was still trying to determine the shooter's motive.

Former President Donald Trump will participate in an FBI victim interview about his attempted assassination at a campaign rally, the agency told reporters Monday.

The interview with Trump "will be consistent with any other victim interview that we do," an FBI official said in a press call.

The official said the agency wants Trump's "perspective" on the July 13 incident, when a shooter with an AR-15-style rifle fired eight rounds while the Republican presidential nominee was on stage at the rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.

The FBI said it was unable to offer any additional details about the shooter's motive, despite conducting hundreds of interviews, sending data requests to dozens of companies and reviewing thousands of tips in the 16 days since the attack.

An agency official in Monday's call described the would-be assassin, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as a "loner" with few social interactions outside of his immediate family.

A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.

Crooks, who was shot dead by the U.S. Secret Service seconds after he opened fire, killed rallygoer Corey Comperatore and injured two others.

Trump also sustained a minor injury to his right ear in the attack. Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Pittsburgh field office, said in the press call that Trump was "struck by a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into