FBI: Social Media Accounts Possibly Linked to Trump Shooter Had Anti-Semitic and Anti-Immigrant Posts

The FBI is still working to verify that the account belonged to Thomas Crooks.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, who graduated from Bethel Park High School with the Class of 2022, in Bethel Park, Pa. Mr. Crooks is alleged to have fired multiple gunshots in former President Donald Trump's direction at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pa, shooting the former present in the ear, injuring two others, and killing a former fire chief. Bethel Park School District via AP

A top FBI official said on July 30 that investigators have discovered that a social media account possibly linked to former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin featured hundreds of comments reflecting anti-Semitic and anti-immigration views.

Paul Abbate, deputy director of the FBI, made the remark while testifying before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 30, which was focused on the security failures leading up to the Trump assassination attempt.