He became hyper-focused on that specific event and looked at it as a target of opportunity,
Next, from April of 2024 through July 12, the subject searched campaign events for both former President Trump and President Biden, including events scheduled to take place in western Pennsylvania specifically on July 4, 2024. On July 9, he searched ‘ballistic calculator,
Our overall finding is the subject was only on the roof for approximately six minutes prior to the shooting. Between 6:05 and 6:11 p.m.,
The subject registered to attend the rally, and that same day he specifically searched for, ‘How far was Oswald from Kennedy?,' ‘Where will Trump speak from at Butler Farm Show,’ ‘Butler Farm show podium,’ and ‘Butler Farm show photos,'
However, we will never be able to determine the exact motivation for why the subject flew the drone,
We have a clear idea of mindset, but we are not ready to make any conclusive statements regarding motive at this time,
We're grateful to the former president for his cooperation and his time,
I would say that we see no definitive ideology associated with our subject, either left-leaning or right-leaning,
I want to be clear: We have not seen any indication to suggest Crooks was directed by a foreign entity to conduct the attack,
We saw ... a sustained, detailed effort to plan an attack on some events, meaning he looked at any number of events or targets,