FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before House lawmakers Wednesday about the investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, and he revealed new details about the gunman’s actions in the lead-up to the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania. Wray told members of the House Judiciary Committee that the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, flew a drone near the site of the rally roughly two hours before he opened fire. Wray said investigators recovered the drone in Crooks’ vehicle, and the bureau believes he was watching video streamed from the device to scout the area. The FBI chief also said agents recovered a total of three “relatively crude” explosive devices: two from Crooks’ vehicle and one from his residence. Crooks had a transmitter that would have allowed him to detonate the devices in his car remotely, but the receivers on the bombs were turned off, Wray said. Eight cartridges from spent bullets were found on the roof where Crooks opened fire, Wray confirmed. The gunman killed one attendee and wounded Trump and two others. Investigators have managed to gain access to Crooks’ phone, which Wray said was a “significant technical challenge.” He said agents discovered Crooks was using encrypted messaging apps to communicate. The FBI, which is investigating the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism, does not yet have “a clear picture” of the gunman’s motive, Wray said
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siehe auch: Trump shooter searched JFK’s assassin, flew drone over rally area, had explosives in car: FBI director. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed Wednesday that the gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched for the distance between President John F. Kennedy and his assassin when he was shot. Wray also said the shooter at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, this month flew a drone over the area two hours before the campaign speech and had two “relatively crude” explosives in his car. Wray revealed to the House Judiciary Committee for the first time that on July 6 the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, did a Google search for how far assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was from Kennedy in 1963. That same day, he registered for the July 13 rally.