Online account thought to belong to Trump shooter was fake, source says
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A new analysis shows an online account that was believed to belong to the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — and where he had purportedly called the date of the attack his "premiere" — was fake, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News on Thursday.
A law enforcement official and an additional source familiar with a briefing given to U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday previously told CBS News that the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had an account on an online gaming platform, on which he posted: "July 13 will be my premiere."
The message was found as investigators seek to uncover a motive for the shooting.
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