Some of former President Donald Trump's allies pointed to FBI statements about Thomas Matthew Crooks having "encrypted" accounts to conclude that Crooks' assassination attempt involved a larger conspiracy. That misunderstands encryption.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : "Waltz, Loomer and Trump didn't respond to our requests for information or reports supporting their claims.
35% : During a July 18 Fox News appearance, Rep. Matt Waltz, R-Fla., linked the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and reports that U.S. intelligence had detected a plot by Iran to assassinate Trump.
35% : Who was sending him money overseas?"Trump, too, cited encryption's link to the shooting.

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