The founder and CEO of social media company Gab, Andrew Torba, has revealed that the shooter who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump appears to have run a pro-Biden account on the platform.
Torba issued a statement revealing that the would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had an account on Gab that he used to post comments defending Democrat President Joe Biden and his agenda.
Gab pitches itself as a social media platform that protects free speech and religious freedom and serves as an alternative to Big Tech.
The platform has long been a draw for conservatives, which in turn, draws leftist trolls and activists.
As such, it appears Crooks had opened a Gab account to post comments countering conservative viewpoints.
According to a statement from Torba, an account that appears to have belonged to Crooks had published a number of posts.
The posts from the account were mostly in support of “President Biden’s Covid lockdowns, border policies, and executive orders,” Torba said in a statement.
Torba says he was only made aware of the account after receiving an “emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency.”
In a statement sent in an email to Gab users, and shared in a post on X Wednesday afternoon, Torba said:
“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.”
Torba included screenshots of the posts that are believed to have been made by Crooks.
He appeared to respond to prominent conservative accounts such as “Catturd” and Paul Joseph Watson (PrisonPlanet).
🚨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.
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— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) July 24, 2024
“The account was last active on the site in 2021,” Torba added.
“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.”
Describing the content of the posts, Torba stated:
“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,” he stated.
Torba continued by noting that Crooks seemed to express at least tacit approval of the Democratic Party’s approach to illegal immigration, Covid lockdowns, and Biden’s anti-Trump executive orders.
— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) July 24, 2024
News of Crooks’s alleged pro-Biden social media activism has emerged shortly after another bombshell report from earlier this week.
Investigators found cellphone data showing that devices that “regularly visited” Crooks’s home and place of work also visited a location near Secret Service headquarters.
The same devices were also pinged at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Despite the high-profile nature of the July 13 shooting of the 45th president, little is known of Crooks.
Crooks was killed on the scene by law enforcement but only after he took several shots at Trump.
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