Crime & Justice

Pittsburgh Synagogue Suspect Robert Bowers Hated Trump—for Not Hating Jews

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‘Screw your optics,’ the accused shooter wrote on Gab minutes before the Tree of Life synagogue attack. ‘I’m going in.’

Kelly Weill
Kelly Weill
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Kelly Weill

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