In the runup to a press conference led by U. S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray, social media users discovered profiles\u2026<\/b>
\nIn the runup to a press conference led by U. S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray, social media users discovered profiles apparently run by Sayoc, featuring clear images that matched his mugshots and violent threats to some of the same politicians to whom he allegedly sent mail bombs.
On these accounts, Sayoc received little if any interaction from people who followed him, yet he was prolific with posts (and reposts) of thousands of photos and memes documenting his life and thoughts. Over the years, he displayed a periodic fixation with gory images and conspiracy theories, and in 2018, his Twitter posts directed that fascination for violence toward many public figures who oppose President Donald Trump.
He presented himself as an entrepreneur, sharing what appears to be promotional materials for Florida International University\u2019s Executive MBA program in January. He shared what appears to be a flyer for a gentleman\u2019s club named \u201cCesar\u2019s Palace\u201d \u2014 which does not appear to exist. He presented himself as involved in some business with the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, fashioning both of his Twitter usernames around the brand.
In addition to his personal Facebook page, Sayoc appeared to run at least two other profiles \u2014 though they were curated as personal, not business pages: one for a Minnesota Italian restaurant, \u201cRandazzo\u2019s Minneapolis,\u201d and one for a male dancer service, \u201cChippen Fellas.\u201d On the latter page, Sayoc appeared to share videos of himself working out \u2014 as well as politically-themed links, such as a Smoking Gun story titled \u201cAl Sharpton\u2019s Secret Work As FBI Informant.\u201d
Breitbart News was not able to review Sayoc\u2019s \u201cLiked\u201d pages on his main profile before Facebook deleted it, but his interests aside from politics are clear from his photos. Sayoc would fixate on a particular topic for several dozen uploads before his attention shifted. He was a fan of veterans, Native American culture, Brazil, scantily-clad Brazilian women, bodybuilding, MMA, and soccer.
Sayoc at times posted many graphic images of gory violence \u2014 some from jihadist propaganda. Yet he was strongly opposed to Islamic terrorism. At the same time, he was a 9\/11 conspiracy theorist who appeared to ascribe blame to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and \u201cZionist forces\u201d for the \u201cinside job.\u201d
Further, Sayoc appeared to believe in the conspiracy theory of \u201cchemtrails\u201d polluting people\u2019s brains. He posted several memes lamenting America\u2019s historical mistreatment of Native peoples, calling it a greater \u201cgenocide\u201d than the Holocaust. He was a diehard supporter of Donald Trump as far back as the Republican presidential primary of 2016, and he accused the Koch brothers of planning to attack his preferred candidate with \u201cplants,\u201d which he illustrated with a low-res photo of two apparently black men wearing KKK hoods.
He posted several photos while attending Trump\u2019s rallies, wearing a MAGA hat at the gym, and holding Trump-Pence signs.
Sayoc\u2019s Facebook presence, while at times disturbing, mostly reveals what appears to be a lonely man trying to prove himself. He would often revisit younger, fitter photos of himself, inserting them into galleries of contemporary male models; take photos posing with younger women in clubs; take photos of food pictures on a computer screen as though they were dishes at his purported restaurant; and take selfies in front of businesses or Florida marinas. Where he seemed happiest was at Trump rallies, posing with other people of color who support the president.
On Sayoc\u2019s apparent Twitter accounts, his darker tendencies went on full display. He would not only indulge conspiracy theories but accuse the president\u2019s political foes of sending \u201cthreats\u201d that would be \u201canswered\u201d by \u201cWe Unconquered Seminole.\u201d
Sayoc\u2019s Twitter accounts would share a single meme in multiple consecutive posts \u2014 as many as eight in a row. He would send similar violent images (crocodiles eating people, fatal snake bites, and a group of men decapitating a goat) to Hollywood figures like Jim Carrey and Ron Howard, Democratic politicians like Joe Biden and the mayor of Portland, OR, and liberal Fox News contributors like Rochelle Ritchie. A constant refrain was \u201cthe Everglades,\u201d to insinuate that these individuals\u2019 bodies would \u201cvanish\u201d in the \u201cswamp.\u201d
These violent threats often came in response to harmless political opinions. His interactions with Ron Howard seem to be in response to a TMZ interview where the director called for law enforcement to investigate President Trump\u2019s taxes. Many of Sayoc\u2019s Twitter posts were responses to TMZ\u2019s or Fox News\u2019s feeds.
Some of Sayoc\u2019s attacks contradicted each other, showing inconsistencies in his ideology. He shared several memes accusing George Soros \u2014 the first target to receive a bomb package \u2014 of controlling left-wing activists and politicians like David Hogg or Andrew Gillum. Yet he also shared an anti-Semitic meme that depicted Soros as controlling former president George W. Bush \u2014 pictured lighting a menorah. However, he also shared memes accusing Arnold Schwarzenegger of being a Nazi.
While he appeared to watch and interact with Fox News frequently, Sayoc shared images from many news sources based on whatever topic of figure he was focused on at the moment. He posted articles on the arrest of Hallandale, FL, mayor Joy Cooper from Daily Wire, ZeroHedge, and local news outlets. He posted headlines from The Hill, Breitbart, Politico, and many more publications regarding Andrew Gillum.
Yet this social media presence appears to be a symptom of long-running issues. Sayoc has an extensive criminal record and a troubled financial history predating Trump\u2019s political rise, which Breitbart News has documented in its live coverage of his arrest. His home was foreclosed in 2009 and he filed for bankruptcy in 2012. In 2002, he made a bomb threat vowing an attack that would be \u201cworse than 9\/11\u201d \u2014 less than one year after the Twin Towers fell. He has been arrested over the years for charges including grand theft, possessing a stolen vehicle, battery, fraud, and tampering with evidence.
Law enforcement has yet to specify a motive in Sayoc\u2019s alleged terror campaign, but AG Sessions told reporters that he \u201cappears to be a partisan.\u201d From these social media profiles and the exclusive targeting of Trump critics, the investigation may find that Sayoc was indeed motivated in part by pro-Trump politics.<\/p>\n

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