FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
While testifying, Wray told Rep. Jim Jordan it appears Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks flew his drone nearly 200 yards away from the stage where Trump would later give his speech.
Wray shared that Crooks had flown the drone at the venue at 3:50 pm, just hours before Trump started to give his speech.
Watch the moment he said it here:
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?
FBI Director Wray said that the Trump shooter was flying a drone about 200 yards from the stage where Trump spoke about TWO HOURS before the rally.
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY…
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 24, 2024
Here’s what The Daily Wire reported:
The FBI believes the gunman who opened fire on former President Donald Trump‘s rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month flew a drone near the venue for about 11 minutes in the hours before the shooting, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to the House on Wednesday.
In an exchange with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Wray said investigators “recovered” a drone that the shooter, identified as a 20-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, “appears to have used.”
ADVERTISEMENTThe drone was recovered in Crooks’ vehicle, where it and the controller were located at the time of the shooting, Wray said, who noted the drone is being “exploited and analyzed by the FBI lab.”
Wray said “it appears” that around 3:50 p.m. on the day of the shooting, Crooks was flying the drone “around the area,” which he explained was “about 200 yards, give or take, away” from the stage.
🚨 FBI Director Wray Says Crooks Used a Drone Between Around 4pm THAT Day within 150-200 Yards of the Stage
• drone was recovered in his vehicle
• crooks used a drone and captured live footage to his device between 3:50-4pm ET
• he flew the drone about 150-200 yards away from… pic.twitter.com/lVNa7rFBmY— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 24, 2024
Per NBC News:
The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump may have had a firearm with a collapsible stock, making it easier for him to carry and conceal the weapon, the director of the FBI testified Wednesday.
The gunman also had researched President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
On July 6, Thomas Crooks, 20, searched “how far away was Oswald from Kennedy,” Wray told a House Judiciary Committee hearing, referring to the 1963 assassination.
The collapsible stock, Wray said, would explain why witnesses did not see Crooks walking around with a weapon beforehand and why the firearm was not spotted until Crooks was already on the roof.
Crooks fired at least eight shots and also flew a drone about 200 yards away from the campaign rally’s main stage area in Butler, Pennsylvania, about two hours before it began on July 13, Wray said.
BREAKING: FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the FBI recovered a drone flown by Thomas Crooks in his car
He claims Crooks flew the drone 2 hours before he took shots at President Trump
He claims the drone was flown 200 yards away from the stage area
Crooks shot at Trump… pic.twitter.com/g1VaEhyeY6
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) July 24, 2024
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