Shots against Trump: the attacker also managed to fly a drone
According to the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Crooks carried out an aerial patrol before the former president's rally
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New details emerge from the investigation into the attack against Donald Trump.
According to what was reported by the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Matthew Crooks, the young man who shot from a roof last July 13 with the intent to assassinate the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, managed to fly a drone over the area of the rally shortly before the tycoon took the floor.
An aerial reconnaissance before going into action, which only fuels the controversy over the security measures adopted by the Secret Service responsible for taking care of the checks before the event and the safety of the former president, regarding which the first investigations made more than one flaw emerges.
(Unioneonline)
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