{"id":2294520,"date":"2024-07-14T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T13:09:09","slug":"fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral Photo of \u2018Mark Violets\u2019 is Not Trump Rally Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294520&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> claiming that \u200ba man dressed in a dark outfit is the suspect\u2064 in the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump\u200b are false.\u2062 The man in the video is \u200bactually Italian YouTube personality\u2062 Marco Violi. Trump was injured by a bullet during \u200da rally in\u200b Pennsylvania, but the man in the video is not the shooter. Despite circulating posts identifying him as &#8220;Antifa member Mark Violets,&#8221;\u200b these claims are inaccurate. The true identity of the \u2063man in the video is Violi, \u2062not \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-and-21-gunshot-victims-in-super-bowl-rally-shooting-3-arrested\/\" title=\"1 killed and 21 injured in Super Bowl rally shooting, 3 suspects detained\">alleged\u2063 shooter<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamaKatZoop\/posts\/pfbid02hSMEnoenLQmXF5ZSXhf2rnfEJsfTh6nzjWJN4V6uG3QvCRyuuXXNc9WZ5bLVVvYKl\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EWatchin1\/status\/1812272003916968154\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KailashGWagh\/status\/1812279088201023638\">posts<\/a> purportedly show a man dressed in a dark outfit, claiming that the person is the suspect in the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The man in the video is not of the shooter. Rather, the video is from Italian YouTube personality Marco Violi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump was struck by a bullet during a rally in Pennsylvania July 13, causing an injury to his right ear, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-assassination-attempt-wounded.html\">New York Times.<\/a> A spokesperson for the Trump campaign said that the former President was \u201cfine,\u201d and video from later than evening showed Trump arriving in New Jersey hours after the incident, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">outlet reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Social <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realzitro\/status\/1812271850275443131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlagBlack007\/status\/1812292891441598845\">posts<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-rip-down-government-fencing-around-alberta-church-police-show-up-in-riot-gear\/\" title=\"Protesters Rip Down Government Fencing Around Alberta Church; Police Show Up In Riot Gear\">circulated claiming<\/a> to show a still from a video, allegedly showing the shooter. Subsequently, these posts identified the man in the video as \u201c<span>Antifa<\/span><span>  member <\/span><span>Mark<\/span> <span>Violets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lookner<\/a> Per the Butler Police Department the Trump shooter has been arrested at the scene and has been identified as Mark Violets, an Antifa member.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the sh00ting Mark Violets uploaded a video on YouTube claiming \u201cjustice is coming\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cHCfDhKX5X\">pic.twitter.com\/cHCfDhKX5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Frank (@realzitro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realzitro\/status\/1812271850275443131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPer the Butler Police Department the Trump shooter has been arrested at the scene and has been identified as Mark Violets, an Antifa member,\u201d one post read. \u201cPrior to the sh00ting Mark Violets uploaded a video on YouTube claiming \u2018justice is coming\u2019.\u201d<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/14\/fact-check-photo-of-trump-rally-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Photo of Man is Not Trump Rally Shooter.)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man in the video is not Mark Violets. The man dressed up in the video is Violi, who identifies himself on his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarcoVioli83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X account<\/a> as the Editor-In-Chief of soccer newspaper Romagiallorossa. On the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RomaGiallorossaTV\/videos\">YouTube account<\/a>, Violi can be seen talking on camera, in which he appears to be similar to the man used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-requirement-to-report-stolen-property-as-income-goes-viral\/\" title=\"IRS Requirement to Report Stolen Property as Income Goes Viral\">viral posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Violi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9Yw3r-ipMt\/\">published<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarcoVioli83\/status\/1812358193906893259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> as the posts went viral, denouncing the claims.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\">Ringrazio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Open_gol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Open_gol<\/a> per aver ripristinato la verit\u00e0. Domani tutta la famiglia Violi proceder\u00e0 a denunciare i diffamatori di professione che dal 2018 perseguitano me e la mia famiglia (esiste gi\u00e0 un procedimento penale contro costoro)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nc1DahgQKi\">https:\/\/t.co\/nc1DahgQKi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Violi (@MarcoVioli83) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcoVioli83\/status\/1812358193906893259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9Yw3r-ipMt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span>I thank <\/span><span><a dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Open_gol\">@Open_gol<\/a> <\/span>for restoring the truth,\u201d the X post reads. \u201cTomorrow the entire Violi family will proceed to denounce the professional defamers who have been persecuting me and my family since 2018 (there is already a criminal case against them).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, in the Instagram post, Violi again denied being involved in the assassination attempt, claiming the image was being circulated by a \u201cgroup of enemies\u201d that have been harassing him for years.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Butler City Police Department directed Check Your Fact to the Secret Service for inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several social media posts falsely claim that a man dressed in dark clothing is the suspect in the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump. However, the man in the video is actually Italian YouTube personality Marco Violi, not the shooter. Trump was injured by a bullet during a rally in Pennsylvania, but he is reported to be fine. Posts circulating online falsely identify Violi as the shooter, but he has denied any involvement and stated that he is being targeted by a group of enemies. The Butler City Police Department directed inquiries about the incident to the Secret Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":2294521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161922017-scaled-e1720961142876.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,13420,34983,34984,34980],"class_list":["post-2294520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-fact-check","tag-mark-violets","tag-trump-rally-shooter","tag-viral-photo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161922017-scaled-e1720961142876.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}