Donald Trump ran with a podcast host’s unfounded speculation of an “inside job” behind the attempt on his life recently, saying, “You do have to wonder.” (Check out the clip below.)
Former Fox News personality Monica Crowley, who worked for the Treasury Department during Trump’s administration, stoked the conspiracy chatter by accusing officials of “slow-walking” the investigation. “Does it look increasingly to you like this was a suspicious, maybe even inside job?” she asked the Republican nominee.
Trump suggested without proof that Democrats are paying for the legal fees of the father of the dead gunman Thomas Crooks.
While the FBI unlocked Crooks’ phone fairly easily after his July 13 assassination attempt, Trump claimed the FBI couldn’t open the apps and that was “suspicious.” That piled on to conservatives’ dubious speculation about Crooks’ contacts before July 13.
Trump also said FBI Director Christopher Wray’s early disclosure that the agency…