Mateen and his wife, Noor Salman, reportedly exchanged text messages during the attack, NBC News reported. According a source, Salman texted Mateen and asked him, “Where are you?” Mateen then told her: “Do you see what’s happening?” Salman responded, “No?” the source added. He then told her, “I love you, babe.” Mateen also made Facebook posts. “America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic state,” the gunman wrote, according to CNN.
While in Orlando, Lynch will meet with first responders, local law enforcement, and victims to offer support.
“We do want to be as transparent as possible in this investigation so people can see not only what he was thinking, what he was doing, but also the kind of information that we’re looking at. As more facts come to light, the FBI is sorting through conflicting information,” the attorney general told CBS' “Face the Nation.”