The 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump appears to have posted “antisemitic and anti-immigration” posts on social media as a teenager, a senior FBI official told a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
The FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate told senators at a joint hearing of the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees that while investigative teams are still trying to verify the account, it seemed like Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks’ posts on social media championed “extreme” views that supported “political violence.”
