The FBI has not yet determined a motive in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, an agency official said at a joint Senate hearing Tuesday as lawmakers pressed for answers on apparent security failures.
While the gunman’s motive remains under investigation, Paul Abbate, deputy director of the FBI, told lawmakers the investigative team is working to verify a social media account “believed to be associated” with the shooter in about 2019 and 2020.
There were more than 700 comments posted from the account, Abbate said, and some of the comments appeared to reflect “antisemitic and anti-immigration themes” and to espouse political violence.
