On Wednesday, Gab founder Andrew Torba announced that his team had discovered evidence suggesting that Trump shooter Thomas Crooks may have had an account on the free speech social media platform.
Torba shared nine posts that he believes were authored by Thomas Matthew Crooks on the platform.
From Andrew Torba on Gab:
Approximately 30 minutes ago, Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform. We are unable to confirm that the account in question actually belonged to him.
The account was last active on the site in 2021. As far as we are aware, the account did not use the site to send any direct messages. He posted on the site nine (9) times total.
While the account made very few posts on the site, the majority of them were in support of President Biden. A number of posts in particular expressed support for President Biden’s COVID lockdowns, border policies and executive orders.
We have saved the account data pending receipt of a search warrant.
Torba later posted a prayer request for sticking his neck out:
Would appreciate some prayer. I’m sticking my neck out big time on this one, but I felt it was the right thing to do in the public interest.
Torba provided context in a post on Twitter, explaining that they believe the account belongs to Thomas Crooks because they received an “emergency disclosure” request from a law enforcement agency.
Some more context: the reason we know is because we received an emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency.
— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) July 24, 2024
