Thomas Crooks did not work alone.<\/p>\n
According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump\u2019s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks flew a drone over the Butler, Pennsylvania fairgrounds and got aerial footage of the layout shortly before Trump took the stage at last Saturday\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n
Nothing to see here. Move along.<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump\u2019s near assassination.<\/p>\n Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump\u2019s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.<\/p>\n To put this in perspective, Don Jr. said the Secret Service prevents him from flying his own drone off the beach at Mar-a-Lago when his father is inside of the house.<\/p>\n Just to underscore how crazy this all is, I was once prevented flying MY OWN drone off of the beach at Mar-a-Lago by USSS because my father was inside the house\u2026 \u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n Crooks had two cell phones and used three encrypted<\/a> accounts overseas to communicate.<\/p>\n The FBI found Crooks\u2019 second cell phone at his home with only 27 contacts, The Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n Congressman Mike Waltz told Fox News host Jesse Watters that according to an FBI briefing, Crooks had multiple encrypted accounts and said more will come out Monday.<\/p>\n Police found a cell phone and a bomb detonator next to Thomas Matthew Crooks after a Secret Service sniper fatally shot him on a rooftop outside of Trump\u2019s Butler, Pennsylvania rally.<\/p>\n \u201cChannel 11\u2032s Nicole Ford also obtained exclusive photos showing the cell phone and transmitter device found next to Crooks moments after a Secret Service sniper shot and killed him.\u201d WPXI\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n It was previously reported by The Wall Street Journal and\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0that Crooks had\u00a0explosives<\/a>\u00a0in his Hyundai Sonata which was parked next to the rally.<\/p>\n Details about the explosives are not known.<\/p>\n However, according to CNN, investigators found no online search history of Crooks researching how to assemble homemade explosives.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s unclear how Crooks assembled the explosive devices found in his car. Investigators parsing through his online search history haven\u2019t found any indication of him researching how to make home-made explosives, law enforcement officials said.\u201d \u2013 CNN\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The so-called \u2018security lapses\u2019 and circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt against Trump raise questions about how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to pull everything off by himself.<\/p>\n Crooks reportedly purchased a 5-foot ladder from Home Depot the morning of the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n How did he know he needed a ladder to access a rooftop with a clear line to President Trump? It is unclear if Crooks used the newly-purchased ladder because the one photographed is larger than the one he bought from Home Depot.<\/p>\n A bullet grazed President Trump\u2019s ear on Saturday during his Pennsylvania rally. One rallygoer was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.<\/p>\n This is the full clip. <\/p>\n 1- shots on trump Truly unreal. <\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/bhui8CcNUs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 tyler hogge (@thogge) July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n A Secret Service sniper fatally shot Thomas Matthew Crooks after he took several shots at Trump and rallygoers.<\/p>\n\n The media is trying to paint Crooks as a \u2018lone wolf\u2019 and \u2018domestic terrorist\u2019 but there is no way he acted alone.<\/p>\n The post NEW: Trump Would-Be Assassin Thomas Crooks Flew Drone Over Pennsylvania Fairgrounds, Got Aerial Footage of Rally Layout Shortly Before Trump Took the Stage<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thomas Crooks did not work alone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump\u2019s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNow we have one literally scouting his speech!!! https:\/\/t.co\/M3BAENqT4f<\/a><\/p>\n
2- ss returns fire
3- you hear \u201cshooter is down\u201d
4- they stand trump up
5- he asks to get his shoes
6- fist pumps and fight<\/p>\n