Overview
- Right-leaning outlets citing a New York Post investigation report previously unpublicized accounts allegedly tied to Thomas Matthew Crooks across platforms including YouTube, Discord and DeviantArt.
- The reported accounts show use of they/them pronouns, furry-oriented content and searches associated with a “muscle mommy” fetish, along with violent artwork and Mao Zedong quotes.
- Recovered posts attributed to Crooks allegedly document explicit advocacy of terrorism-style attacks and a shift from pro-Trump comments in 2019 to anti-Trump rhetoric in 2020.
- Some reports say Crooks exchanged messages with a user known as “Willy_Tepes,” described as linked by outside reports to the Nordic Resistance Movement, though public verification of this tie remains limited.
- Kash Patel’s FBI maintains Crooks planned and acted alone with limited online activity, as commentators and the Post call for a fuller accounting of his digital trail and the bureau’s prior disclosures to Congress.