He's a right winger.
WATCH: What the Trump rally shooter is believed to have posted on social media, according to the FBI
Abbate said the FBI has discovered over 700 social media comments they believe were made by the shooter around 2019 and 2020 that he described as antisemitic and anti-immigrant.www.pbs.org
FBI deputy director Paul Abbate spoke in a hearing Tuesday with Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Watch Abbate’s remarks in the player above.
Abbate said the FBI has discovered over 700 social media comments they believe were made by the shooter around 2019 and 2020 that he described as antisemitic and anti-immigrant.
“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 it today.”
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