After he arrived at the Butler county fairgrounds on the morning of the shooting, Thomas Crooks conducted surveillance by flying his drone over the rally site. He flew that drone for 11 minutes. It just so happened The Secret Service's anti-drone systems were down at exactly the same moment [Thomas Crooks flew his drone over the rally site]. What are the odds? Later that afternoon, police officers saw Crooks loitering with a backpack and a range finder. They identified him as a suspicious person, which he clearly was, but quickly lost track of him. (27:32–27:39)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Secret Service's anti-drone systems were down when Thomas Crooks flew a drone over the rally site.
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