FBI Hoax

It appears the FBI seeded fake Crooks’ social media accounts with anti-semantic and ant-immigrant rhetoric and then hesitated. They still got caught.

— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) July 30, 2024

You watched a regime hoax be dismantled in real time today. Their plan was to paint Crooks as a “far-right extremist” and scapegoat Gab in the process. Thanks to our quick action—and your help getting the word out—we stopped that from happening. All Glory to God. https://t.co/CqgZX602lI

— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) July 30, 2024

… shooter's motives based on an Emergency Disclosure Request ("EDR") we received from the FBI last week for the Gab account "EpicMicrowave" which, based on the content of that EDR, the FBI appeared to think belonged to Thomas Crooks.

Many, particularly regime media reporters, have doubted Gab's claims that this request existed. Normally we don't confirm the existence or content of law enforcement communications. In this instance we had to make an exception due to the overwhelming public interest in disclosure and transparency.

As a courtesy to law enforcement, we are not going to post the entire request. This is the first page of that request.

The story is this: the account for which data was requested was, UNEQUIVOCALLY, pro-Biden and in particular pro-Biden's immigration policy.

To the best of Gab's knowledge, as of 2021, Crooks was a pro-lockdown, pro-immigration, left-wing Joe Biden supporter.

The FBI is alleging that Trump’s attempted assassin was motivated by “extreme” anti-immigration sentiments.

Yet, Crook’s Gab account more recently espoused pro-immigration, pro-lockdown & pro-Biden views contrary to their claims.

I confronted the Deputy Director about this ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/PR8rTzg5Dq

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 30, 2024

🚨BREAKING: Gab founder @basedtorba just released an FBI Emergency Disclosure Request (EDR) that names Thomas Matthew Crooks's Biden-supporting social media account after FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate falsely testified under oath to Congress.

According to his Gab account,… pic.twitter.com/Uqs7riUxLC

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) July 30, 2024

… Crooks supported Biden, lockdowns, and Biden's border policies.

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate just told Congress that "an account believed to be associated with the shooter" had posted 700 comments in 2019 and 2020 with "anti-Semitic and anti-immigration" views.

"While the investigative team is still working to verify this account to determine if it did, in fact, belong to the shooter, we believe it important to share and note it today, particularly given the general absence of other information to date from social media that reflect on the shooter's potential motive and mindset."

However, the FBI's request to Gab specifically identified Thomas Matthew Crooks's account as "epicMicrowave," which had posted comments completely opposite to what the FBI just told Congress.

Moreover, Crooks donated $15 to a progressive PAC on January 20, 2021, and posted comments supporting Joe Biden's border policies on Gab just weeks later, in early February 2021.

Why is the FBI Deputy Director lying under oath about Thomas Matthew Crooks' views to Congress and the American people?

Very odd …

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2024