根据司法观察组织获得的资料，2024年7月13日在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒市发生的针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的暗杀未遂事件中，枪手托马斯·马修·克鲁克斯在案发前数月曾发送过一系列带有奇怪暗号的短信。
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the assassination attempt at President Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024, sent a series of strangely coded text messages in the months leading up to the shooting, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch.
2023年2月9日，被联邦调查局称为“身份不明的联系人”的人给克鲁克斯发消息问道：“那些零件是你用3D打印机制作的吗？”克鲁克斯回复称：“是的，除了风扇叶片。”
"Did you 3D print the parts?" an individual the FBI described as an "unknown contact," messaged Crooks on Feb. 9, 2023. "Yes, except for the fan blades," Crooks responded. "Woah that looks cool," the unknown contact replied to Crooks, also asking about the "parts" in response to a Crooks message which the FBI redacted.
随后，这位身份不明的联系人回复道：“哇，看起来真酷。”在看到克鲁克斯发来的另一条被联邦调查局涂黑处理的消息后，此人又询问了关于那些“零件”的详细信息。
GOP LAWMAKERS BLINDSIDED BY NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT TRUMP BUTLER SHOOTER: 'AWFULLY STRANGE' ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN THOMAS CROOKS’ BEHAVIOR REVEALED ‘RED FLAGS’ BEFORE ATTACK: FORMER FBI AGENT Another series of messages between Crooks and a redacted second party display a series of odd one- or two-word messages Crooks sent the contact between May 21, 2023, and Jan. 3, 2024.
克鲁克斯与另一名身份不明的联系人之间的另一些短信记录显示，从2023年5月21日至2024年1月3日期间，克鲁克斯给对方发送了一系列仅由一两个单词组成的奇怪信息。这些短信内容如下：“你好……你好红色……你好红色……Hdudhdbdbbd……7888ejdj……Yolo……Ddodjjf……890……Hdjd……Djdj……红色……没错，是红色……你好……Jhhhuuh……Hhdj……Jjjjjjjjjjjj……你好红色……红色红色。”文件中显示，联邦调查局对对方的回复内容也进行了涂黑处理。
"Hello … Hello red …Hello red … Hdudhdbdbbd … 7888ejdj … Yolo … Ddodjjf … 890 … Hdjd … Djdj … red … Yup red … Hello … Jhhhuuh … Hhdj … Jjjjjjjjjjjj … Hello red … Red red," Crooks' messages read. The FBI redacted any potential response from the other party, according to the documents.
司法观察组织从联邦调查局文件中还获取到其他信息：物流公司DHL曾通知称，克鲁克斯收到了一个来自香港的包裹。
Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.
此次公布的资料还包括克鲁克斯在2024年2月6日至2月27日期间拍摄的40张无人机照片，其中包含了匹兹堡海盗队的主场PNC公园以及匹兹堡钢人队的主场阿克里苏尔体育场。
ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN THOMAS CROOKS USED 'BOB DOLE' ALIAS BEFORE ANONYMOUS DONOR PAID FOR CREMATION: DOCS The document release also included 40 drone photos Crooks took between Feb. 6, 2024, and Feb. 27, 2024, which included photos of PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium, where the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates and the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers play, respectively.
此前，《纽约邮报》在查阅了由美国参议院司法委员会主席、爱荷华州共和党人查克·格拉斯利获得的文件后，也曾报道过克鲁克斯对3D打印技术的浓厚兴趣。
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Crooks' affinity for 3D printing had been previously reported by the New York Post, after the outlet reviewed a series of documents obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
- 这名乌克兰籍的世卫组织官员在完成空军军官培训后，因参与非法3D打印枪支的犯罪活动而被判有罪。
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WHO COMPLETED AIR FORCE OFFICER TRAINING CONVICTED IN GHOST GUN 3D PRINTING OPERATION Crooks had previously attempted to use his 3D printer to create a Glock 19 handgun, his father, Matthew Crooks, told investigators, according to the documents obtained by Grassley.
- 根据Grassley获得的文件，这些罪犯此前曾试图利用他的3D打印机制造一把Glock 19手枪。
"Using carbon fiber plastic, a dryer and a toaster oven, Thomas did once create a Glock 19," Matthew Crooks told investigators.
- 马修·克鲁克斯（Matthew Crooks）向调查人员透露：“托马斯曾使用碳纤维塑料、烘干机和烤面包机成功制造了一把Glock 19手枪。”
BLUE STATE GOVERNORS JOIN GUN-GRABBING EFFORTS BY TARGETING GLOCK PISTOLS But, fearing the gun would explode, Matthew Crooks forbade his son from using it, according to records obtained by the Post.
- 许多美国州长也加入了打击非法枪支制造的行动，重点针对Glock手枪；但由于担心这些枪支可能会爆炸，马修·克鲁克斯禁止儿子使用这些设备。
Crooks' assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, while unsuccessful in killing Trump, resulted in the deaths of two civilians. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old fire chief, died immediately while shielding his family from bullets.
- 克鲁克斯曾试图暗杀当时的唐纳德·特朗普，虽然未能成功杀死特朗普，但导致两名平民死亡——其中50岁的消防队长科里·康佩拉托雷（Corey Comperatore）在保护家人时当场丧生。
TWO YEARS AFTER BUTLER, THREATS AGAINST TRUMP KEEP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN SHARP FOCUS James Copenhaver, a 76-year-old veteran, was shot in the triceps and the midsection, receiving injuries to vital organs including his kidneys and colon.
- 在巴特勒（Butler）事件发生两年后，针对特朗普的威胁依然存在；76岁的老兵詹姆斯·科彭哈弗（James Copenhaver）遭到枪击，手臂和腹部中弹，肾脏和结肠等重要器官受损。尽管他在枪击后一周出院，但后续几年仍因伤势并发症而长期治疗，最终于2026年9月23日去世。
Though Copenhaver was released from the hospital a week after the shooting, he dealt with complications from the injuries in the ensuing years. On Sept. 23, 2026, he died due to those complications. "These latest records reveal more pieces of the puzzle surrounding Thomas Crooks," Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said in a statement.
- 司法观察组织（Judicial Watch）主席汤姆·菲顿（Tom Fitton）表示：“这些新发现的文件揭示了托马斯·克鲁克斯更多犯罪行为的细节。FBI应立即公开全部调查记录——尤其是考虑到上周詹姆斯·科彭哈弗在暗杀事件中受重伤后不幸去世的情况。”
"The FBI should stop the slow drip of heavily redacted records and immediately provide the full investigative record — especially since the death last week of James Copenhaver, who was severely injured from being shot during the assassination attempt on President Trump."