Judicial Watch's Thomas Fitton slams FBI's 'drip-drip' release for 75,000 pages of Trump-Butler shooting files

What happened: Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton criticized the FBI's slow release of documents on Thomas Matthew Crooks' 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, saying the process could take 12 years. Key numbers: About 75,000 pages involved; 500 pages per month; texts sent between May 2023 and January 2024; FOIA request filed July 2024; lawsuit filed 2025. Why it matters: Fitton said the pace prevents challenges to withheld material and creates the appearance of a cover-up, while the FBI and DOJ have not commented.

Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton criticized the FBI's slow release of documents on Thomas Matthew Crooks' 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, saying the process could take 12 years.

Fitton said the pace prevents challenges to withheld material and creates the appearance of a cover-up, while the FBI and DOJ have not commented.