{"id":12334,"date":"2026-06-12T10:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:19:40","slug":"tucker-carlson-claims-trump-shut-down-butler-probe-after-bongino-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/crime\/tucker-carlson-claims-trump-shut-down-butler-probe-after-bongino-confession\/njackson\/2026\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Claims Trump Shut Down Butler Probe After Bongino ‘Confession’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson is pushing<\/a> a fresh conspiracy theory about the attempted assassination of President Trump \u2014 claiming the president himself ordered federal investigators to back off the probe into the July 2024 shooting in Butler, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlson made the explosive allegation during an appearance on Thursday on entrepreneur Mario Nawfal\u2019s show, where he recounted what he described as a series of conversations with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel regarding lingering questions surrounding the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim was quickly shot down by Bongino, who publicly denied Carlson\u2019s account on Friday and blasted the former cable news host as a \u201cnepo baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI know that, about Butler, I know that Trump shut down the investigation into Butler. That is a fact,\u201d Carlson told Nawfal. \u201cDan Bongino told me that when he worked at the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Carlson alleged Bongino became visibly rattled after Carlson confronted him about social media posts purportedly written by gunman Thomas Crooks that Carlson claims the FBI falsely said did not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDan Bongino himself was terrified when I spoke to him in December,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conservative commentator claimed he had \u201caccidentally came into possession\u201d of social media posts allegedly authored by Crooks in the months and years before the shooting. Carlson said he contacted both Patel and Bongino seeking answers about why the FBI had allegedly concealed their existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAnd Dan Bongino became hysterical with me on the phone,\u201d Carlson claimed. \u201cI\u2019ve known Dan a long time for many years and always gotten along with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was clearly terrified. I didn\u2019t get it at first, but he was hysterical,\u201d Carlson continued. \u201cAnd ultimately, after a long series of text exchanges, which I still have, and phone conversations, he said, \u2018Look, take it up with Trump. He\u2019s the one who shut down the investigation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Carlson said the alleged exchange occurred during the second week of December and left him questioning why Trump would halt an investigation into an attempt on his own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThat was the moment and I realized, \u2018Oh wow, there\u2019s no good explanation for shutting down an investigation into your own attempted murder,\u2019\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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