WATCH: Trump rally shooter did not write 'July 13th will be my premiere,' Wray tells Rep. Cline

Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va. questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray in a House Judiciary hearing Wednesday about the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Cline asked Wray to discuss investigators' statements that the shooter had posted on a gaming platform "July 13th will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds" prior to the rally shooting. Wray clarified that further investigation showed that the shooter had not written these online messages as initially speculated.

"It turns out it was not the shooter, that it was some other individual as part of some sick joke who, after the shooting, created a profile page pretending to be the shooter," Wray said. "And so, of course, that person has now admitted to it. But my point being, among the other challenges that we as investigators have, you have people who create accounts in today's world, create accounts pretending to be somebody, and it's not the actual person. That's troubling, obviously, it makes our jobs even harder as investigators."

The House Oversight Committee grilled Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service at the time of the deadly shooting, on Monday. Members on both sides of the aisle called for her resignation and she announced Tuesday she was stepping down. Cheatle repeatedly referred lawmakers seeking details to the investigation being carried out by the FBI.

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