The chief executive of social media site Gab has revealed posts he says could have been written by would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Crooks.
Andrew Torba said Wednesday that an unnamed law enforcement agency informed him that Crooks may have posted pro-Biden messages on Gab, a platform known for its far-right users and conspiracy content.
The @epicmicrowave account, which Torba has not been able to confirm belongs to Crooks, was last active on the site in 2021.
“As far as we know, the account did not use the site to send any direct messages,” Torba said.
‘He posted on the site nine (9) times in total… While the account made very few posts on the site, the majority of them were in support of President Biden.
The chief executive of social media site Gab has revealed posts he says could have been written by would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Crooks.
‘Several posts in particular expressed support for President Biden’s COVID lockdowns, border policies, and executive orders.’
Torba also shared images of the posts he claims were written by Crooks.
In a February 2021 post, the author responds to an election projection with the following: “Didn’t you also think Biden would lose in a landslide? Yeah, I wouldn’t be too sure about your election predictions.”
In another post, the Gab user defended Biden’s border policies, saying they do not encourage human trafficking and linked to a study comparing crimes committed by undocumented immigrants to those committed by legal immigrants and U.S. citizens in Texas.
The sign read: ‘Biden’s executive orders do not incentivize human trafficking as human traffickers are not interested in citizenships, most illegal immigrants are not criminals and in fact some studies (such as the one linked below) show lower rates of crimes committed by these individuals.’
Gab CEO Andrew Torba shared images of the posts he said were written by Crooks
In a February 2021 post, the writer appeared to support COVID lockdown policies, writing: “The reason all the deaths are down is because you’re stuck at home.”
Torba said he had received “an emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency” and was disclosing the posts “at significant personal and business risk.”
“If the past is any guide, defying the DC consensus by publishing the first definitive evidence that the shooter was a Biden supporter (something Democrats and their media allies have sought to cover up and deny at every turn) has a high likelihood of resulting in significant media and political backlash,” Torba wrote.
‘In the past, we have been the target of politically motivated investigations by both the House Oversight Committee and the Joint Committee on the January 6th Attacks, both seeking to interfere with our mission of protecting free expression online.’
DailyMail.com has not been able to corroborate Torba’s claims and authorities have not revealed a motive for Crook’s attack or his political affiliation.
Investigators have found no threatening comments on social media accounts or ideological positions that could help explain what led him to attack Trump.
The Anti-Defamation League has called Gab a “haven for hate and misinformation.”
According to the ADL: “Torba himself adopts much of the same hateful and extremist rhetoric for which his platform is known.”
Andrew Torba said Wednesday that an unnamed law enforcement agency informed him that Crooks may have posted pro-Biden messages on Gab, a platform known for its popularity among far-right users and its conspiratorial content.
The Anti-Defamation League has called Gab a “haven for hate and misinformation.”
The FBI is investigating Crooks’ shooting at a Trump rally as an act of domestic terrorism.
The investigation has plunged the FBI into a political maelstrom months before the presidential election.
Lawmakers and the public are pressing for details about what may have motivated Crooks in the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since President Ronald Reagan was killed in 1981.
The agency has put together a detailed timeline of Crooks’ online movements and activity, but the precise motive — or why Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was singled out — remains elusive, Wray said.
The FBI’s assessment remains that Crooks, who was killed by a Secret Service sniper, acted alone.
On Tuesday, Kimberly Cheatle resigned as head of the agency amid mounting questions about its colossal security failures at the rally.
FBI investigating Crooks shooting at Trump rally as act of domestic terrorism
Crowd members in Butler, Pennsylvania, rushed to his aid after the shooting.
Cheatle took responsibility for the catastrophic mistakes after coming under fire from both Republicans and Democrats when she appeared before Congress on Monday.
The security chief had faced mounting questions about why there was no officer stationed on the roof from which Crooks opened fire on the former president, and why Trump was allowed on stage even when a threat was detected.
Crooks had been identified as a suspect hours before the shooting occurred.
Wray said Crooks used mechanical equipment on the ground and vertical pipes to raise himself to the roof of a low manufacturing building that was 157 yards (135 meters) from the stage.
He fired eight shots from an AR-style rifle before being killed.
The Warren Commission report analyzing the Kennedy assassination assessed that Kennedy had been shot in the neck at a distance of between 174.9 and 190.8 feet.