Abbate on Tuesday appeared alongside the acting US Secret Service director, Ronald Rowe Jr, before a US Senate panel and said: “In about the 2019, 2020 timeframe, there were over 700 comments posted from this account. 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.”
FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said in a joint Senate hearing that the bureau is working to verify a social media account that appeared to reflect “antisemitic” and “anti-immigration” themes that is believed to be linked to the shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Trump