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The FBI on Wednesday released more information and photos about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin of former President Trump, detailing his activities before and during the July 13 campaign rally that resulted in one man’s death.

The FBI has not determined the shooter’s motive or identified any co-conspirators with advance knowledge of the attack. During a press call, Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office, stated that Crooks had “a sustained detailed effort to plan an attack on some event, meaning he looked at any number of events or targets.”

He eventually became “hyper-focused” on Trump’s Butler, Pa., rally, the agent said, adding that Crooks did not appear to have any particular political ideology.

Over the month leading up to the attack, Crooks conducted more than 60 searches related to both President Biden and Trump. In late September 2023, an account associated with Crooks “searched the former president’s campaign schedule and upcoming appearances in Pennsylvania,” Rojek said.

“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,” Rojek said. “Specifically, on July 4, 2024, the subject searched for details of the former president’s campaign event in Butler.”

Crooks searched for specific details about Trump’s event in Butler on July 6th, the agent claimed.

“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,’” Rojek further explained. “On July 8, the subject search ‘AGR international.’ And on July 10, he searched ‘weather in Butler,’ and the 30 days prior to the attack, the subject conducted more than 60 searches related to President Biden and former President Trump.”

An evidence photo shows Thomas Crooks’ semi-automatic rifle and backpack as it was likely transported following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump

FBI photo

He also noted “specific searches conducted on July 5 to include, ‘When is the DNC convention?’ and ‘When is the RNC in 2024?’”

“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,’” Rojek further explained. “On July 8, the subject search ‘AGR international.’ And on July 10, he searched ‘weather in Butler,’ and the 30 days prior to the attack, the subject conducted more than 60 searches related to President Biden and former President Trump.”

He also noted “specific searches conducted on July 5 to include, ‘When is the DNC convention?’ and ‘When is the RNC in 2024?’”

The FBI confirmed that Crooks was spotted walking outside the rally perimeter near a row of vendors at 4:26 p.m. on July 13, roughly an hour and a half before Trump’s speech began.

Video footage from a local business captured Crooks climbing the American Glass Research (AGR) building and moving across several rooftops between 6:05 and 6:08 p.m. “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.,” when he was neutralized, Rojek said. He also struck down speculation of a second shooter.

The day of the rally, Crooks flew a drone for 11 minutes, between 3:51 p.m. and 4:02 p.m., Rojek told Fox News Digital. The FBI’s observations from the drone’s flight path show it “would have been helpful for our subject to assess the security posture at the event,” he added.

“However, we will never be able to determine the exact motivation for why the subject flew the drone,” Rojek added. “We can only do that based on our assessment of the flight path and what we’re able to determine through our analysis by the lab.”

Several questions, however, remain, as noted by Fox News’ Jesse Watters during a segment earlier this week.

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