Posted on 07/24/2024 9:10:38 AM PDT by DFG
Donald Trump's would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was flying a drone above the rally site two hours before the shooting and just 200 yards away from the stage, FBI Director Christopher Wray has revealed.
Wray made the bombshell revelation to Congress on Wednesday during a grilling by lawmakers on the investigation into the assassination attempt on the former president and the massive security failures.
Crooks shot Trump in the ear just 400 feet away from the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 from the roof of a nearby building just outside the security perimeter of the event.
Wray revealed that investigators found Crooks had a drone that he used to survey the scene hours before the event started, which was recovered from his car parked nearby.
He flew the drone around 4 p.m. over the area of the rally close to '200 yards' from the stage to survey the scene. Trump took the stage around 6:03 p.m., over two hours later.
The FBI has also recovered three 'explosive devices' in possession of Crooks.
They were 'relatively crude devices' but had the ability 'to be detonated remotely,' Wray said.
The FBI director also revealed the weapon used had a 'collapsible stock,' which he said 'could explain why it might've been less easy for people to observe.'
Wray said eight bullet cartridges had been recovered from the roof where Crooks fired off his shots toward the former president.
And he wouldn't rule out that Crooks did not have any accomplices to the crime, saying it's still being looked at by law enforcement.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Nixonian phrase “modified limited hangout” comes to mind.
900 PAGES???
The version they are showing on Amazon is only 100 pages:
https://www.amazon.com/Project-2025-Remaking-Governance-Democracy/dp/B0D8HWZFYK
I remember reading somewhere that this is an abridgment of a 900 page document.
He did NOT sleep at a Holiday Inn Express the night before.
Not an EOA, it was what his handlers told him to do to throw off suspicion.
Read somewhere that moron was live-streaming data of his historic event via of a drone.
Wonder where it was going? Delaware, and DC???? Inquiring minds would like to know. /s
Yes. What with all the obvious signs Crooks was giving out prior to this shooting, ya gotta know the alphabet agencies knew about him in advance.
The FBI knew in advance about the San Bernardino Christmas shooting, the Orlando nightclub shooting and many more.....
But maybe this time - the Secret Service really did keep this a secret and the FBI really didn’t know in advance.
Maybe.
First the ‘bombs’ were in his van, now they are in the car, first he drove to rally in a Hyundai Sonata, then they said he had a van there, then they thought an unattended bicycle and backpack were his (how did all these things get form his home to the rally??)THe disinformation is non-stop out of our gov’t agencies
I read early on that he had moved out, because he had a fight with his dad. I can’t find that info anymore. So much has been scrubbed.
I agree. That raises another question.
IF he moved out because of a fight with his dad, why did dad agree to lend him the rifle?
Another question, IF the shooter moved out of his parent home, how did his dad know he was missing and wound up calling the police to report him as such?
Certainly sounds like a ringing endorsement to me. /s
It certainly sounds like it!
I have gone back into my history to see if I could locate the source that talked about the fight with his dad, but it’s not obvious in my history. I voraciously read everything I could get my hands on about the shooter on the night of the 13th, all of the 14th and 15th. So I know I read that somewhere but can’t find it anymore.
I wonder if any of the sources edited their pieces, and so that part has been removed. The general consensus seems to be that he lived with his parents. Perhaps he moved out for a time, but moved back in later. Kids sometimes do that when they can’t figure out how to pay their own bills.
When asked, Wray also revealed that the FBI has found no evidence of any co-conspirators, so IF THAT’S TRUE, there is no legitimate reason not to reveal everything the FBI knows about what happened NOW .... no future charges or trials to be compromised ...
It looks like a reasonable wish list that I am sure that Trump will adopt at least some of their proposals. He will be a lame duck and will be able to do what he wants to ‘save’ the Republic.
He brought a bike, a backpack, a gun, a range finder, drove a car and had a van miles away packed with explosives? To say nothing of there was no scope on his rifle?
Pramilla Pay a Pal, she spends most of her time raising money. Trying to be the new McConnell. THAT is the source of Mitch the bitch’s power. He has deep DEEP pockets.
How is that?
The things she just said that are in Project 2025 are AWFUL!! What’s up with Project 2025?? Did they put this out to SINK TRUMP?
Are the things she spoke about actually in Project 2025? To date most of the things the Democrats have been screaming about aren’t even mentioned in the document.
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