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Trump shooter may have made ‘antisemitic and anti-immigrant’ social media posts that embraced ‘political violence,’ FBI says
By Social Links forOlivia Land
Published July 30, 2024, 11:08 a.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/trump-rally-shooter-may-have-had-antisemitic-social-media-account-that-embraced-political-violence-fbi/
The FBI says it has unearthed a social media account that may be tied to would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks that shared “antisemitic” ideas and embraced “political violence.”
The account identified by investigators left about 700 comments online between 2019 and 2020, Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate testified before Congress on Tuesday morning.
“Some of these comments, if ultimately attributable to the shooter, appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes, to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature,” Abbate said.
“While the investigative team is still working to verify this account to determine if it did in fact belong to the shooter, we believe it important to share and note it today, particularly given the general absence of other information to date from social media and other sources of information that reflect on the shooter’s potential motive and mindset,” he acknowledged.
Investigators are still struggling to determine the motive for Crooks, 20, who scaled a factory roof in Butler, Pennsylvania, and opened fire on Trump during a rally on July 13.
By Social Links forOlivia Land
Published July 30, 2024, 11:08 a.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/trump-rally-shooter-may-have-had-antisemitic-social-media-account-that-embraced-political-violence-fbi/
The FBI says it has unearthed a social media account that may be tied to would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks that shared “antisemitic” ideas and embraced “political violence.”
The account identified by investigators left about 700 comments online between 2019 and 2020, Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate testified before Congress on Tuesday morning.
“Some of these comments, if ultimately attributable to the shooter, appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes, to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature,” Abbate said.
“While the investigative team is still working to verify this account to determine if it did in fact belong to the shooter, we believe it important to share and note it today, particularly given the general absence of other information to date from social media and other sources of information that reflect on the shooter’s potential motive and mindset,” he acknowledged.
Investigators are still struggling to determine the motive for Crooks, 20, who scaled a factory roof in Butler, Pennsylvania, and opened fire on Trump during a rally on July 13.
