It has come to light that former President Donald Trump’s shooter Thomas Crooks did not work alone. As per The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s 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’s rally.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
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’s near assassination.
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’s 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.
Donald Trump Jr. stated that the Secret Service prevents him from flying his drone off the beach at Mar-a-Lago when his father is inside the house. Crooks had a couple of cell phones and used three encrypted accounts overseas to communicate.
The FBI found Crooks’ second cell phone at his home with only 27 contacts, The Daily Mail reported. Congressman Mike Waltz told Fox News host Jesse Watters that Crooks had multiple encrypted accounts according to an FBI briefing and said more will come out Monday.
