The man who set himself on fire Friday afternoon outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was underway has been identified as a left-wing conspiracy theorist.
The New York Times reported that a high-ranking police official identified the man as 37-year-old Max Azzarello.
The man soaked himself with an accelerant around 1:35 p.m. EST right across the street from the courthouse in Collect Pond Park and reportedly “threw pamphlets into the air before” carrying out the act of self-immolation.
Photos taken of Azzarello after the incident showed that he was in dire condition as he was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
On a LinkedIn account that is believed to be his, he claimed that he worked for Democrat politicians in the past, but at some point appears to have become disillusioned by the entire political system.
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