Falso: Thomas Matthew Crooks trabalhou para a BlackRock ‘no passado’ e a BlackRock era dona do prédio onde Crooks estava quando atirou no comício da campanha de Trump.

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FBI investigators say evidence so far shows shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks worked alone in his July 13 assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.

But the internet is swimming in conspiracy theories — and in one of these unfounded claims, the investment firm BlackRock Inc. plays a central role.

“POV: when the dots connect themselves,” read words atop a TikTok video shared on Facebook that shows a man walking down a street as he talks to a camera. Across the bottom of the screen, it says “BLACKROCK.”

“You are telling me that the same company that owns the building that the person who was just laying down and took some shots off at someone to attempt to take their life very recently,” the man in the July 20 Facebook video said. “Not only did that dude work for that company in the past, but that building he was on was owned by them?”..

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