Trump shooter caught with drone over…

It has come to light that Thomas Crooks, the gunman of former President Donald Trump, did not work alone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks flew a drone over the fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, capturing aerial footage of the layout shortly before Trump took the stage at Saturday’s rally.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump used a drone to capture aerial footage of the fairgrounds in western Pennsylvania just before the former president was scheduled to speak, according to law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case. It underscores the shocking security lapses that preceded Trump’s near-assassination.

Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone earlier in the day, July 13, on a programmed flight path to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s fateful rally, officials said. The predetermined route, officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he surveyed and scouted the event site.

Donald Trump Jr. said the Secret Service prevented him from flying his drone off the beach at Mar-a-Lago when his father was in the house. Crooks had a couple of cell phones and used three encrypted accounts abroad to communicate.

The FBI found Crooks’ second cellphone 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 would come to light on Monday.