Key lines from FBI director's evidence on Trump shootingpublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 24 July
The first part of FBI Director Christopher Wray's evidence has now finished while lawmakers break for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress (which you can follow here).
Here's what we've learned so far:
- On 6 July - a week before the shooting - the gunman searched "how far away was Oswald from Kennedy" online and registered for the Trump rally
- The gunman's online search history suggests he was "broadly interested" in public figures and became "very focused" on Trump from around 6 July onwards
- He visited a shooting range the day before the assassination attempt and "probably" fired a weapon similar to the one he used to target Trump
- The FBI have not identified a clear motive for the shooting and say they don't believe he had accomplices
- The gunman flew a drone close to the rally site around two hours before the shooting
- That drone and three explosive devices capable of remote detonation have been recovered from the gunman's car and home
- He was able to fire "at least eight" shots before he was killed by a Secret Service sniper
- Agents had been searching for a ladder the gunman purchased but now believe he was able to climb onto the building he fired from by standing on nearby equipment