Feds told lawmakers Trump shooter sent an ominous social media post about attack day. Now they say it’s ‘fake’- Saved Web Pages Review
Feds told lawmakers Trump shooter sent an ominous social media post about attack day. Now they say it’s ‘fake’ posted at 18:20:15 UTC via newsbreak.com After briefing lawmakers on the social media footprint of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, the FBI has reportedly backtracked on one account they’d tied to the shooter, saying it’s actually fake. In a briefing call with Senate and House lawmakers on Wednesday, FBI and Secret Service officials shared new details about 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks and his movements in the lead-up to the shooting — including a chilling message left on the online gamer platform Steam. “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” read the post, lawmakers told mutliple outlets. But now, a US official has said that the FBI now believes the account that the post came from to be fake. The insider told CNN that authorities did believe the post was genuine when they shared the information b...
