Overview
- Tucker Carlson claimed the FBI lied by suggesting Thomas Crooks had no digital trail and said he will publish the posts he obtained.
- The FBI’s new Rapid Response account replied that the bureau has never said Crooks lacked an online footprint.
- The Rapid Response account launched Thursday under Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino with a pledge to push back on misinformation.
- In July 2024 testimony, then–Deputy Director Paul Abbate said agents found an account believed to be linked to Crooks with more than 700 posts that included antisemitic, anti-immigration and pro–political-violence themes, pending verification of ownership.
- Crooks fired on a July 2024 Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the president, killing one attendee and injuring two others before being killed by Secret Service snipers.