Trump shooting: FBI Director confirms Crooks flew drone nearby before assassination attempt

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., promising the federal bureau will leave “no stone unturned” in its ongoing investigation into the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.

“The shooter may be deceased, but the FBI's investigation is very much ongoing,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told the congressional panel on Wednesday. “I have been saying for some time now that we are living in an elevated threat environment and tragically, the Butler County assassination attempt is another example – a particularly heinous and very public one of what I've been talking about,” he added.

Asked to confirm if since-deceased shooting suspect Matthew Thomas Crooks fired eight shots during the shooting in Butler, Penn., Wray said the FBI had “recovered eight cartridges on the roof,” of where he was found – approximately 400 ft away from the stage at Trump’s rally.

Additionally, Wray confirmed Crooks had three explosives – two in his car and one in his residence – and that he was flying a drone “about 200 yards away” from the rally stage prior to the attack.

Narrowly avoiding death, Trump was shot in the ear that day. Protecting his family, one rally attendee was killed, while two others were wounded. Crooks was swiftly killed by law enforcement. The motive for the shooting remains unclear as the FBI’s investigation continues.

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[fredbrown]

Wray is LYING...
HIS LIPS ARE MOVING !

[soundscape]

His surname makes for some interesting puns

[maciejnowak]

looks like some interesting new bodycam footage came out. If only Global News did that whole journalism thing they would inform the public about it. That might be why they had to lay off 10, 000 people last week

[lastChang]

Follow the money!
- It's not surprising if Crooks' bank accounts are full of Chinese money.

[boomstick]

He was a very active shooter. Amazing how he drove 2 vehicles & a bicycle to the scene of the shooting, clamber on the hot tin roof for over an hour, & still had time to fly a drone beforehand…. all without being drawing attention to himself or being seen carrying the rifle. Collapsible stock is why he wasn’t seen? They only make a few inches difference in length.

[LalitaDevi-yfcf]

Do not say the boy the shooter please. The latter had a name. What proof were his or placed !!! We all have children have you seen the future

[youknownada]

Anyone know that chap who was holding that placard that read 'an American hero'?

[meisievannancy]

Wray must follow Cheatle. He just avoids answering the question by still digging or drilling into what he should already know.

[leonarddolha]

Jim Jordan come out of hiding to do his farm shtick and hollering at the barn.

[TinaMBaker]

Why Wray knew more how the shooter get to the roof, about the drone, timeline but never do nothing before the assassination attempt. Who put the ladder because it’s different of what he bought from Home Depot earlier?But the Wray said shooter used mechanical tools. Lies, lies..

[meisievannancy]

Vehicle is what? A pickup, a van, or a car?