Donald Trump ’s would be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, allegedly exchanged texts with an unidentified person about parts made on a 3D printer on February 9, 2023, according to FBI records obtained by Judicial Watch and reported by TMZ. The messages were later marked pertinent to the investigation into the July 2024 Pennsylvania rally shooting. The records show an unknown contact reacting to an item Crooks had sent, though that portion of the exchange was redacted. The person reportedly asked whether Crooks had printed the parts, and Crooks replied that everything was complete except the fan blades. What Do the FBI Records Add? “Did you 3D print the parts?” Crooks allegedly received in the 2023 exchange. The newly reported messages line up with a detail previously shared by Crooks’ father in an FBI interview obtained by The New York Post. According to that account, Crooks had used a 3D printer to make a handgun, though the records do not establish that the 2023 conversation involved the weapon used at the rally. On July 13, 2024, Crooks opened fire from a rooftop near the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, where a bullet grazed Donald Trump’s ear and struck audience members. One attendee, Corey Comperatore, died, while Crooks was killed by law enforcement snipers; an anonymous donor later covered the cost of Crooks’ cremation.