Trump assassination attempt being investigated by FBI as potential domestic terrorism act

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BUTLER, PA – The FBI announced Sunday it is investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump as a potential act of terrorism.

In a press conference just one day after the attempt on the former president's life, Robert Wells, the assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at the FBI, announced that the agency is using "every resource that we have at our disposal."

"We have a 24/7 command post in Pittsburgh as well as here at FBI headquarters and we are dedicating every resource that we have at our disposal," he said.

"Our number one goal here is to identify the motive of the subject and determine whether he had any other associates or anyone else that was involved at this point," Wells said.

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Wells said that the federal agency, which identified thegunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, believes that the 20-year-old was a "lone actor."

"It appears that he was a lone actor, but we still have more investigation to go," he said. "We are investigating this as an assassination attempt, but also looking at it as a potential domestic terrorism act."

"Our counterterrorism division and our criminal division are working jointly to determine the motive," he said.

Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Pittsburgh Division,said that