Trump Assassin FLEW DRONE Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination

It gets worse. Range finder, ladder, AR15 rifle, now drone…

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that 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.

Sean Davis os the Federalist: If the Secret Service had laid out a red carpet and a flashing neon sign that said “ASSASSINS WELCOME HERE: TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED!”—would the result have been any different than what we’ve actually seen?

The answer is no. And that means we need to ask some very difficult questions about who deliberately and maliciously created every single possible condition that would allow an assassination attempt to happen.

The 20-year old shooter had air superiority.

Incredible.

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) July 20, 2024

If the Secret Service had laid out a red carpet and a flashing neon sign that said “ASSASSINS WELCOME HERE: TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED!”—would the result have been any different than what we’ve actually seen?

The answer is no. And that means we need to ask some very difficult… https://t.co/o7p4wIO9Fc

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 20, 2024

WOW

This is probably the most in depth
analysis l’ve seen of what Crooks was able to pull off at the Trump Rally in Butler, PA.

The Director of Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle and Mayorkas must be fired immediately for their lack of transparency.

Rest in peace, Corey… pic.twitter.com/AOfc5NV38L

— CoolBlue (@BackThebluecool) July 20, 2024

Trump Gunman Flew Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination

Discovery adds to growing list of stunning security lapses that almost led to former president’s killing

By Sadie Gurman and Aruna Viswanatha, Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2024:

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.

The 20-year-old would-be assassin fired at least six rounds from the roof of the American Glass Research building roughly 400 feet away from where Trump spoke, killing one spectator, critically injuring two others and leaving Trump with a graze wound to the ear. A Secret Service sniper team shot back, killing Crooks, whose motive remains a mystery.

Multiple investigations are under way into how a gunman was able to climb onto a rooftop with a clear line of sight to Trump and open fire with an AR-15 rifle. Police had become suspicious of Crooks more than an hour earlier, when officers saw him milling about the edges of the rally with a range finder and a backpack.
Secret Service agents respond after the Trump rally shooting on Saturday in Butler, Pa. Photo: Evan Vucci/Associated Press

The use of the drone was just one way in which authorities have said Crooks planned his attack. Crooks, described by friends as very smart yet withdrawn, began researching the site shortly after the Trump campaign announced the rally on July 3, and registered for the event on July 7, officials said. He visited the farm show grounds a few days later to scope it out.

On July 13, officials said, he returned with a pair of homemade bombs that appeared to be designed to be set off by remote control, as they were fitted with a receiver like the kind used to set off fireworks remotely. Investigators found the rudimentary explosives in Crooks’ car parked close to the grounds, along with a ballistic carrier, or vest, with three, 30-round magazines in it, an indication that he might have wanted to cause greater carnage.