Jul 15, 2024 - Politics

Trump rally shooter was not man from ASU campus video, university says

Jessica Boehm

A screenshot from ASU Police's X account showing "A statement from ASU President Michael Crow." — Screenshot: @ASUPolice/X

A man shown in a video on the ASU campus in 2020 screaming "slash Republican throats" and "death to fascists" was not the person who attempted to assassinate former President Trump over the weekend — despite rampant rumors online, university officials said Monday.

Why it matters: As the nation reels from the shooting, misinformation about the attacker and his motive is flooding the internet.

Zoom in: The video was first posted to social media in 2020 by a Twitter account called "Students for Trump at ASU."

Students from the group said the man hurled threats at them as they tabled at ASU, local news outlets reported at the time.

What they're saying: "ASU concluded its investigation back in 2020, in conjunction with the FBI, and determined the subject in the video was not a credible threat – and that person has a different name and different date of birth than the suspect in the attempted assassination of former President Trump over the weekend," ASU president Michael Crow said in a statement.

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