FBI Director Says Trump Shooter Googled JFK Assassination Details
TRUMP SHOOTER Googled JFK assassination Week Before Opening Fire
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Donald Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, sought inspiration -- or at least intel -- from JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald ... according to the FBI.
FBI Director Christopher Wray spilled the new detail Wednesday about Crooks while testifying in front of a Congressional Committee ... saying an analysis of Crooks' laptop shows he Googled "how far away was Oswald from Kennedy” on July 6 -- the same day Trump’s Butler, PA, rally was announced.
Wray also said July 6 was the same day Thomas signed up for the July 13 Butler rally ... adding his online searches were an obvious indicator about his state of mind.
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Oswald assassinated JFK in 1963 from about 265 ft away using a sniper rifle. Fast forward to Crooks, who fired at Trump from about 400 ft away with an AR-15-style rifle but missed, before Secret Service counter snipers took him out.
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But back to Wray’s testimony -- he dropped more bombshells about Crooks while trying to dig into his motives.
Turns out Crooks rigged up several explosive devices and even had a remote transmitter at Trump’s rally -- and also flew a drone about 200 yards from the stage, possibly to get a closer look at the area around the rally.