FBI: Gunman Posted Anti-Immigrant, Antisemitic Rants

The Guardian reports:

Though they have not pinpointed a motive behind Donald Trump’s failed assassination attempt, investigators are examining a social media account with antisemitic and anti-immigrant posts that they suspect might be connected to the former US president’s would-be killer, according to the FBI deputy director, Paul Abbate.

Abbate on Tuesday appeared alongside the acting US Secret Service director, Ronald Rowe Jr, before a US Senate panel and said: “In about the 2019, 2020 timeframe, there were over 700 comments posted from this account. 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.”

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A social media account believed to belong to the Trump rally shooter espoused political violence and had antisemitic posts, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate told two Senate committees on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/z230p8IrOu

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