Donald Trump's FBI failed to take appropriate action regarding the individual who shot at him in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Posted by The MeidasTouch Podcast, Sep 15, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 5 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 60%

The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026

The post attacked Joe Biden's FBI, not Trump's FBI, so the extracted claim departs from the passage by changing the actor. Sources show the current FBI under Trump-era leadership releasing new Butler information and reporting that the shooter acted alone, but none establish that Trump's FBI failed to act appropriately.

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What was said

… I, if you've loved this period of time, I go, uh "Go fan- fantastic. Yeah, have, have that, whatever weird world you want." But it's a pretty sick one. It's a pretty freaking sick one. By the way, you know what he posts? Everybody knows that crooked Joe Biden's FBI didn't do what they should have with respect to the lunacy who shot me in Butler. By the time I got into office on January 20th, most of the information was missing, altered, corrupted, or gone. It's all gone. Everybody who would have thought it's gone. New info was just found. Why wasn't it seen long ago? …

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What we found

Context. The post says 'crooked Joe Biden's FBI didn't do what they should have', while the extracted claim names 'Donald Trump's FBI', which the passage never says.[3][4][5]

Context. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the FBI had discovered new information about the shooter, and reporting says investigations found the shooter acted alone with no evidence linking Democrats to the attack.[1]

Context. Politico reports that the FBI investigation, led under Trump-era leadership, concluded in November 2025 that Crooks acted alone; Trump alleged without evidence that information was missing or altered.[2]

Context. Independent and Newsweek coverage quote Trump's Truth Social post blaming the Biden-era FBI and calling the attempt a 'Democrat Plot', but no source assesses the FBI's conduct as a failure.[4][5]