The gunman who was shot dead by security personnel near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate comes from a family of Trump supporters and became ‘obsessed’ by the administration’s handling of the Epstein files.
Austin Tucker Martin, 21, was shot dead on Sunday morning after he entered Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Martin’s cousin, Braeden Fields, reacted with disbelief, calling Martin ‘quiet’ and saying his family was almost entirely in favor of Trump.
‘We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody,’ Fields said, but his cousin was ‘real quiet, never really talked about anything.’
Martin was reportedly a Trump supporter himself, having voiced support for the former president as recently as late last year, anonymous co-workers told TMZ.
However, a text message obtained by the outlet suggests he may have been influenced by the Department of Justice’s release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
On February 15, he texted a co-worker at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in North Carolina about the files. “I don’t know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable," Martin said.
“The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have. Tell other people about what you hear about the Epstein files and what the government is doing about it. Raise awareness."
Co-workers said Martin, who was open about his Christian faith, had become increasingly focused on the Epstein saga and often spoke about powerful elites “getting away with it."
According to them, Martin had grown increasingly frustrated with the state of the U.S. economy and had unsuccessfully tried to organize a union at his workplace.
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