Soon after the attempt on the ex-president of the United States, Internet users and the media from different countries distributed a portrait of the alleged shooter and the video, which he allegedly recorded before the attack. We checked the reliability of such messages.
On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, an ex-president of the United States and a candidate from the Republicans in the elections coming in November-played at a rally in Batler, Pennsylvania. During the event, unknown Opened shooting On the scene where the politician was. One person died, two were hospitalized in critical condition, Trump easily wounded in the ear. The attacker was liquidated by the secret service agents - how Installed FBI, it turned out to be 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Kruks, a resident located in the same state of Betel Park.
Soon the media, Telegram channels and ordinary Internet users distributed a photograph, as stated, the murdered shooter and video message, which he allegedly recorded before the attack. “My name is Thomas Matthew Kruks, I hate the Republicans, I hate Trump, and you know that you took the wrong guy”, - The man says in the video.
Among the Russian -speaking media that published these personnel, - "Gazeta.ru","Russian newspaper" Lenta.ru, Life, TV channel "360","Business week" And "Version". The news actively diverged into Telegram - In particular, the video posted channels The ax live"(2.3 million views at the time of writing this analysis), Mash (963,000), "Live broadcast"(678 000) and Readovka (500,000).
In the evening of July 13, even before the official message of the FBI about the personality of the shooter, Internet users They began to publish his photo. It was probably made shortly before the attempt on Trump.
Later, when the name of the attacker has already been named, the media Finded School photos and videos of Kruks.
Between two people, differences in the form of a nose, eyebrows, ears and chin are noticeable. Even complexion is distinguished - the identified crook is much more thin.
As the factor from the Lead Stories project found out, the first photo of a man in a blue T -shirt from the back Published In the social network X user @jewgazing on July 13, 2024 at 22:32 in the North American east (July 14, 2024 at 05:32 Moskovsky). The post was accompanied by the signature: "Urgent: the shot at Trump is identified."
After about two hours he is Laid And becoming a viral video.
At the time of writing this analysis, both publications are not available to a third -party user, but, thanks to Archive Copies of the profile, you can restore the sequence of events.
Soon after the photo of the alleged shooter in a gray T-shirt, it began to disperse according to X, one of the users of the social network published a picture with the signature: “Of course, the shooter was a beta-sugar. Not surprised. " The post was commented on by another blogger, writing: "Bro, this is a photo of @Jewgazing." In turn, @jewgazing himself reacted to this tweet with the words: "I should remove all my selfies as quickly as possible ..."
However, after another hint of his address, the blogger, apparently, decided to joke and posted a photo and video, which later became viral. The picture shows that @jewgazing is trying to repeat the angle and expression on the shooter’s face from the already dispersed in the X picture. To create an additional effect, he published a screenshot of the page of the online store, where the same T-shirt was sold as Kruks. “I plan something funny,” @Jewgazing added to the picture.
After his photos and videos dispersed through social networks, @Jewgazing Retwitted A few records where his image was used as a portrait of Kruks. The user of social networks diluted reposts with joking comments like "not the best day for dudes with long blond hair." However, then @jewgazing made an account closed.
The fact that this is precisely his personal videos and photos. Screenshot his other picture.
Thus, the photo and video dispersed on the network depicts not Thomas Matthew Kruks, who shot Donald Trump on July 13, but a user of the social network X with the @jewgazing userneum. Apparently, he decided to joke on the topic of his similarities with Cruks, which were seen by other users of the platform, but did not expect that his publications would become viral.
Photo on the cover: social networks
Read on the topic:
- CNN. How Assassination Attempt Unfolded Minute-by-Minute
- Associated Press. In the Wake of Trump’s Attempted Assassination, Investigators Search for Clues Around the Motive
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