{"id":2385569,"date":"2025-01-02T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-identify-matthew-livelsberger-as-suspect-in-tesla-bombing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:34:13","slug":"police-identify-matthew-livelsberger-as-suspect-in-tesla-bombing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-identify-matthew-livelsberger-as-suspect-in-tesla-bombing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Police identify Matthew Livelsberger as suspect in Tesla bombing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fpolice-identify-matthew-livelsberger-as-suspect-in-tesla-bombing-washington-examiner%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=2385569&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\/americans-held-hostage-by-hamas\/\" title=\"Americans Held Hostage by Hamas\">provided content appears<\/a> to \u2064be a snippet\u2063 of HTML code that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subramanyam-defeats-mike-clancy-in-virginias-10th-house-district\/\" title=\"Subramanyam defeats Mike Clancy in Virginia&#039;s 10th House District\">includes user interface elements<\/a> for a \u200bwebsite, such as a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-gershkovich-receives-16-year-sentence-in-russian-prison-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Evan Gershkovich receives 16-year sentence in Russian prison - Washington Examiner\">mobile menu icons<\/a>. 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The vehicle in the Vegas attack and the pickup truck in the New Orleans attack were rented from the app Turo.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FBI and local authorities are investigating the attack and the possible connection behind using a Tesla Cybertruck to carry out a bomb attack outside the Trump Tower. The attack comes just a few weeks before President-elect Donald Truck is sworn into office. 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