Thomas Matthew Crooks took up the lay of the land at the Donald Trump rally… allegedly by flying a drone over the event before climbing onto a roof and opening fire.
The would-be assassin filmed aerial footage with the drone shortly before Trump took the stage Wall Street Journal.
Scammers flew the drone along a pre-planned route…suggesting Trump’s shooter did a lot of research at the scene of the Butler, PA rally.
The drone was later found in Crooks’ car… and the Secret Service reportedly did NOT use any drones to monitor the event.
7/13/24
TMZ.com
Crooks flying a drone and recording the rally adds another layer to the litany of security flaws that lead to this Trump gets shot on stage in an assassination attempt that left a man in the crowd dead.
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Remember… the Secret Service now says its snipers saw Crooks on the roof where he was shooting and spotted him 20 minutes before he started shooting at Trump.
He was first identified as a person of interest about an hour before the shooting, and then seen using his rangefinder 22 minutes before he was first viewed on the roof.
BBC news
Footage also shows thugs lurking around the building before he goes upstairs, and there is video of those present Crooks point it out to the police before the murder attempt.
Add Crooks’ drone to the list of questions Congress will have for the Secret Service.