The man who attempted to assassinate the former president and Republican presidential candidate. Donald Trumpused a drone to obtain images of the rally site before it began last Saturday, it was reported Friday. The Wall Street Journal.

He MagazineCiting security officials briefed on the matter, it was reported that Trump’s attacker, Thomas Crooks, used a drone with a “programmed flight path” about the location where the event was supposed to have taken place in Butler, Pennsylvania, several hours earlier, and that the route suggested he had operated the device more than once.

Information that reflects significant security deficiencies in organizing a political meeting, adds to other details of the attack that have leaked out in bits and pieces, while the FBI conducts the main investigation into the two great unknowns of the attack: what motivated Crooks to shoot Trump and how he did it.

After meeting of FBI and Secret Service officers Lawmakers last Wednesday learned details of the history of the search of the devices of the attackers, including Trump and President Joe Biden, as well as the upcoming public appearances of the two, among other things.

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In accordance with cnnInvestigators also found a photo on his phone of Ethan Crumbley, the juvenile responsible for the 2021 Michigan school shooting. Four students were killed and seven were injuredand information about his parents, who were convicted of manslaughter.

On the day of the attack, it was reported ABCSecret Service Snipers Crooks was seen on the roof of the building from which he fired the shots 20 minutes before he did so.and security forces identified him as a suspect an hour earlier and even noticed that he was using a rangefinder.

Crooks, 20 years old, was shot down by snipers seconds after he shot Trump while he was speaking on stage; The former president was shot in the right ear, killing one member of the public and seriously injuring two others.

Next Monday it is planned that The Director of the Secret Service testifiesKimberly Cheatle, before a U.S. House committee. (EFE)