Investigators also said they discovered web searches on his computer related to Trump, President Biden, the Democratic National Convention and Trump’s July 13 rally.
The Steam platform offers more than 100,000 games, the assassination game “Mr. President!”
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Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, used the gaming platform Steam, which featured the presidential assassination game Mr. President. Not that I played the game. (AFP/Steam document)
The game’s protagonist, Dick “Rock-Hard” Johnson, “the most productive bodyguard money can buy,” is sworn in by “the most hated presidential candidate of all time, Ronald Rump,” the description says. of the game.
“It is the supposed fame of having done something scandalous and infamous. He looks at it and it feels bigger than the way he thought his life was insignificant. “
“The liberal media manipulated the elections and tarnished their brilliant public image, now they have to end their lives. You have to jump, flip, throw, role-play and many other verbs to put yourself between your butt and certain death,” he said . the summary continues. .
In the game, Johnson will have to protect himself from more than 50 “difficult” assassination attempts while following Rump around the world.
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The objective of the game Mr. President! is composed of the player, in the skin of a bodyguard, saving President Ronald Rump from dozens of assassination attempts. (Steam)
Jim Clemente, a retired FBI agent and behavior analyst, told Fox News Digital that politics does not motivate criminals.
“It is the supposed fame of having done something scandalous and infamous,” said the expert. “He looks at him and feels bigger than what he considered insignificant. “
FBI investigators appear to have come to a similar conclusion. At Wednesday’s Senate briefing, it was revealed that the FBI uncovered no evidence of any specific ideology and that no interviewee reported that the scammers were discussing politics.
He had two mobile phones: a number one phone recovered at the scene and a secondary phone recovered at his home. The larger device only had 27 contacts and the FBI is wondering each and every one of them.
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Former President Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents after he was shot and killed at a crusade rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Immediately after Crooks opened fire on Saturday at a military rally in Pennsylvania, Steam users began to take notice of Mr. President!the sudden parallels of the real world with games in a forum.
“Too authentic for my taste,” wrote one. “The anticipated opportunities are enormous,” wrote another.
“Mdr, okay, it happened,” another replied. One player said he was surprised that the game wasn’t removed from the platform five days after the assassination attempt.
A spokesperson for Valve, Steam’s parent company, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Users on a discussion forum commented how the game Mr. President! had imitated real life with the assassination of former President Trump. (Steam)
According to authorities, the scammers had a very limited footprint, but they had an account on the encrypted social media platform Discord.
In Saturday’s attack, Crooks grazed the former president’s ear, killed volunteer arson leader Corey Comperatore and seriously injured two bystanders before snipers took him out.
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The Secret Service alerted to the presence of a suspicious user at the demonstration 19 minutes before Crooks opened fire. A chorus of critics calls for the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest on the Steam account.
Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist who specializes in crime and criminal justice. Email suggestions to rebecca. rosenberg@fox. com and @ReRosenberg.
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