FBI Confirms Matthew Livelsberger’s Email to Prominent Podcaster Was Sent, But Not Verifying Content
The FBI has confirmed that an email sent to prominent podcaster Shawn Ryan, allegedly from Matthew Livelsberger, the subject of the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion, has been confirmed to have been sent by Livelsberger. However, officials have not verified the content of the email, only that he sent it.
At a press conference, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Las Vegas, Spencer Evans, clarified that law enforcement has not verified the actual content of Livelsberger’s email, only that he was the one who sent it. Evans stated, “We have confirmed the document that he sent to the podcast. We know that he was the one that sent that document. That’s correct. We’re not speaking to the content…I mean, he’s talking about, feeling that he was surveiled, guilty. You can tell that there’s, you know, some anguish there, some frustration with the government.”
Ryan, a former Navy SEAL and CIA agent, published an episode of his podcast “The Shawn Ryan Show” where he interviewed Sam Shoemate, a retired U.S. Army intelligence officer, who received an email from Livelsberger before the New Year’s Day explosion outside President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, and before authorities publicly identified Livelsberger as the subject whose charred remains were found inside the Tesla Cybertruck.
The email, which Shoemate read on the podcast, theorized that the purported drone sightings in New Jersey were actually Chinese “gravitic propulsion systems,” posing an extreme national security threat, and brought attention to 2019 U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan that allegedly caused significant civilian casualties, warning of the risk of another world war.
The FBI and Las Vegas police said the email speaks to Livelsberger’s mental status and possible intent, and they are working to answer every question they have. The agency has also described how Livelsberger allegedly used generative artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT, to help plan the explosion.
The investigation is ongoing, and authorities have found evidence that Livelsberger used the artificial intelligence tool to help plan the explosion, as well as to determine how many explosives were needed and how to buy them without providing personal identifying information. The agency has also released a journal kept by Livelsberger titled “surveillance” or “surveil” log, which showed that he believed he was being tracked by law enforcement.