NEW: Trump Would-Be Assassin Thomas Crooks Flew Drone Over Pennsylvania Fairgrounds, Got Aerial Footage of Rally Layout Shortly Before Trump Took the Stage
Thomas Crooks did not work alone.
According to 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.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
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,
