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BlackRock Removes 2022 Ad Featuring Trump Shooter After Assassination Attempt

Jul 14, 2024, 08:58 PM

BlackRock has removed a company commercial that featured Thomas Crooks, the gunman involved in the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump. Crooks appeared in the advertisement in 2022 as a high school student in a class taught by a Bethel Park PA football coach and economics teacher. The ad was part of BlackRock's image makeover campaign. Following the incident, BlackRock quietly deleted the video and issued a statement condemning the assassination attempt and expressing relief that former President Trump was not seriously harmed. Crooks is from Butler, Pennsylvania.