There’s ANOTHER Disturbing Update on the Trump Assassination Attempt – This Could Change Everything (Video)

It keeps getting worse: Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, reportedly flew a drone over the rally area shortly before he executed his attack.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Officials are saying that the gunman who tried to eliminate former President Donald Trump during his rally was able to fly a drone and capture aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak.

The roof was less than 200 yards from the stage. Donald Trump Jr. responded to this update tweeting, “Just to underscore how crazy this all is, I was once prevented flying my own drone off of the beach at Mar-a-Lago by USSS because my father was inside the house” (via WSJ):

A 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.

Were there TWO shooters?

An audio forensic analysis by Catalin Grigoras, director of the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado in Denver, and Cole Whitecotton, a senior professional research associate at Media Forensics, based on audio recorded in Butler, Pennsylvania, may show the possibility of a second shooter.

Video:

My jaw is on the floor

This PhD did a scientific analysis of all bullet audio signatures from the Trump assassination footage

CONCLUSION: Raw Audio evidence proves there were *at least* two shooters firing different weapons in two locations to kill Trumppic.twitter.com/SLTpCrjAd9

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 19, 2024

For those of you doubting this man’s credentials:

“PhD in Pathology from Duke (specialty toxicology). MBA from Cornell. Lots of math, physics and chemistry in my background, published scientific papers back in the day (1990’s). Been an analyst, author, businessman, ever since”
However I have a few questions!

According to these experts, “The first three shots were consistent with alleged weapon A, the next five were consistent with alleged weapon B and the final ‘acoustic impulse’ was emitted by a possible weapon C.” We know that one of those was the identified shooter and another was a Secret Service sniper. We don’t know to whom the “possible weapon C” might have belonged. A second shooter? The armed spotter on the government sniper team? Only one shooter has been identified and the FBI says he acted alone. The bureau may want to reconsider its conclusion.
Obviously this controversial audio forensic analysis needs peer review. But there are other questions beyond the audio forensics that need attention.
Below I review some of what we know, and a lot we don’t know, and I ask questions where the information we have so far leads.
I, among thousands of others, became a sort of student of the John F. Kennedy assassination. I have read tens of thousands of pages from books and articles. But what turned out to be most impressive, as far as I am concerned, are two things.
Firstly, in my opinion there was a massive coverup that still continues sixty one years after Kennedy was killed.
Secondly, apparently President Trump withheld releasing some documents even though he had pledged to release everything still in the archives on the Kennedy killing. He allegedly told Roger Stone that he (Stone) “would not believe what is in the [still] classified [and unreleased] files.”
That tells me Trump thought it was too dangerous to walk that plank.
What is worrisome now in 2024 is whether we will get a proper investigation and whether all the evidence will be properly preserved. Apparently President Biden has ordered some sort of investigation. I personally would prefer a solid FBI investigation with Congressional oversight. The FBI has the forensic capability to do the job, but it takes leadership and oversight which, one would hope, will be forthcoming. It won’t be easy to sell the American people on a sloppy or politically biased review. We have not been shown the weapon used by the identified shooter. No pictures of it. We don’t have a model number or manufacturer’s name.
AR-15s can be modified to make them more accurate. There are a number of websites that feature instructions. It isn’t known if the gun had a telescopic sight or other aiming device. It was probably too far from the target for a laser pointer, although some claim a range of 500 feet in daytime. (The shooting distance to Trump was less than 400 feet from the location of the shooter.) In an environment where there is bright sunlight and artificial TV lighting, it seems too much. Moreover, no one saw any evidence of a laser on Trump.
We don’t know if the gun was modified. My personal guess is it was used out of the box.
The gun will need to be forensically tested. Whether that has happened, we don’t know, and if it was we do not know the results.
In fact, we don’t know if any of the bullets have been recovered. Fired and recovered shells, if found, could potentially be matched to the weapon or weapons. This will also be important in determining if there was a second shooter. It is important to note that the whole area was cordoned off by law enforcement as a crime scene. The hunt for shells and other evidence is likely underway.
We don’t know if the gun had an over-the-shoulder carrying sling. Since eyewitnesses saw the shooter and the gun, they could clarify how it was carried and whether it was in any way concealed, which does not seem to be the case.
The shooter also purchased a five-foot ladder at Home Depot.

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