During Wednesday’s congressional hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray unveiled new evidence concerning Thomas Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Wray detailed how recent investigations into digital devices linked to the suspect shed light on his intentions days before the event.

“Analysis of a laptop that the investigation ties to the shooter reveals that on July 6th, he did a Google search for, quote: ‘how far away was Oswald from Kennedy?'” Wray disclosed.

“So that’s a search that obviously is significant in terms of his state of mind,” Wray continued, noting the calculated nature of the preparations. “That is the same day that it appears that he registered for the Butler rally.”

The search implies not only a chilling premeditation but also a sinister appreciation of historical presidential assassinations as a blueprint for action. Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was approximately 88 yards (about 265 feet) away from the president when he fired the shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas.

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Wray’s testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee followed former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who announced she would depart her post after overseeing the worst security failure in decades. Lawmakers led by Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) first grilled the Bureau director about a drone that was recovered after it was used by the gunman to assess the perimeter of the Trump rally on July 13.

Wray confirmed the device was located in the car of 20-year-old Thomas Crooks along with explosive devices rigged to blow in what authorities believe was an attempt to distract from his firing position on a nearby roof. “We have recovered a drone that the shooter appears to have used,” said Wray.

“It’s being exploited and analyzed by the FBI lab. The drone was recovered in his vehicle, so at the time of his shooting the drone was in his vehicle with the controller.” When asked by Jordan what time the drone was last flown, Wray made a shocking announcement that indicated another security lapse by the Secret Service.

“It appears that around 3:50 p.m., 4 o’clock in that window on the day of the shooting that the shooter was flying the drone around the area… Not over the stage and that part of the area itself, but I would say about 200 yards, give or take, away. We think, but we do not know,” he added, “that he was live streaming the view, the footage for around 11 minutes.”

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Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) was tougher when he asked Wray “why the FBI doesn’t disclose all of the investigative detail that you are gathering as it is gathered.”

“We have tried to be transparent with Congress and with the American people as we are going along in the investigation, frankly unusually so given the sheer nature of it. We have provided a lot of information… in response to your questions and your colleagues,” Wray retorted, explaining how “facts change” over the course of investigations. “Part of our goal is not just to respect the ongoing investigation process but also to make sure that we don’t prematurely provide information that then two days later turns out to be different from what we told people.”

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The North Carolina lawmaker also took the opportunity to jab Wray for allowing the FBI to disseminate disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The country went for years with the understanding that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation… and the whole time the FBI had the laptop.”

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