Trump Shooter Searched Details on Trump and Biden According to FBI

A top FBI official told lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday that the would-be assassin who opened fire at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania had used his cellphone to search for images of Trump and President Biden, as well as to look for dates of both Trump's rally and the Democratic National Convention..Officials also said he had searched online for "major depressive disorder," according to those on the calls and who had been briefed on the update, reports the New York Times. The shooter also searched online for information about other public figures, such as FBI director Christopher A. Wray, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, and one of the members of the British royal family..Earlier reports by the FBI to Congress had claimed the the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, had posted details of his attack on the gaming platform Steam however according to new reports law enforcement now believe it was a fake account..FBI officials on calls, according to the NYT, expressed their confusion with the lack of evidence found on both phones the gunman had, finding one on his body and one in his home. Officials said his online search history indicated he was "broadly interested in powerful and famous people, without any obvious ideological or partisan pattern.".In the past months, the shooter had ordered parts online to assemble a radio-controlled explosive device that authorities found in his car, made from commercial firework control systems. No evidence of co-conspirators or any connections to foreign actors has been uncovered, said top bureau officials reportedly as well during calls to the House and Senate.