NEW: Bombshell Discovery Links Would-Be Trump Assassin To Trans Ideology

Donald Trump’s would-be assassin appears to have lived a bizarre online double life, posting under “they/them” pronouns on a racy “furry” art site, according to new reporting that is blowing open long-ignored corners of the case.

Thomas Crooks, who opened fire on Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally during the 2024 campaign, has now been linked to two DeviantArt accounts, “epicmicrowave” and “theepicmicrowave.” The site is notorious for graphic drawings of human-animal characters, and the profiles tied to Crooks reportedly favored “they/them” pronouns and cartoon imagery featuring jacked male bodies with female heads.

The revelations come as Tucker Carlson drops a forensic treasure trove on Crooks’ digital trail — including extremist posts, political whiplash, and a disturbing online acquaintance overseas. Before Carlson’s deep dive, Crooks was practically a ghost, fueling accusations that the FBI slow-walked or buried embarrassing details about the shooter’s radicalization.

Among the most unsettling findings was that Crooks was apparently in contact with a Norwegian national linked to the Nordic Resistance Movement, a neo-Nazi group labeled a terrorist organization by the State Department.

The FBI insists Crooks acted alone and that agents found “no evidence” of co-conspirators or foreign direction. Investigators say he had no clear motive but did plan his attack and explored extremist ideas online.

Carlson’s team released a 34-minute video last week showcasing old YouTube comments believed to be from Crooks, dating back to 2019 and 2020. In the final months of that period, Crooks began communicating with a user called “Willy_Tepes,” who appeared to push him toward political violence.

Tepes wrote on Aug. 4, 2020, “If a gun and a badge is all that is needed, then authority obviously comes from the barrel of a gun. We have more guns than they do ;)”

“There is no way we can avoid a war at this point, so you just better get used to the idea,” he added.

Carlson said Tepes’ username appears on a foreign Antifa website that connects him to the Nordic Resistance Movement. “The FBI hasn’t made any mention of him in public, although they certainly know he exists. Just days after the shooting, somebody screenshotted Tepes’ YouTube account page despite the fact that he has very few followers,” Carlson said.

“To the extent that he can be traced online now, you can find his username being used on a foreign Antifa website, those sites link him to the Nordic Resistance Movement … that’s all we know.”

In another message, Tepes lectured Crooks on gun confiscation. “The more guns that are out there, the less likely a gun confiscation will be possible. Nope, guns do not guarantee a victory anymore than jet fighters, tanks and drones do. It is the fighting spirit and brains that wins.”

“We have nothing to lose and everything to win…..and the alternative, a global police state, is unacceptable. Nothing in life is simple but that is no argument against doing it :)”

Crooks’ YouTube comments ended shortly after these exchanges — around the same time his politics appeared to swing sharply left. By early 2020, Carlson reports, Crooks was attacking Trump supporters as a “cult” and ripping Trump for his “stupidity.”

He allegedly went further, outlining how anti-Trump extremists could launch “terrorism-style attacks,” detailing how to “sneak a bomb” into federal buildings and target top officials. “[In my opinion] the only way to fight the [government] is with terrorism style attacks,” he allegedly wrote.

Carlson’s findings have stunned MAGA circles and renewed demands for transparency from Kash Patel’s FBI. Some conservatives argue the bureau left gaping holes in the official narrative.

Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett went even further, floating that Crooks may have been groomed through CIA mind-control tactics. “They programmed this kid,” Burchett told Benny Johnson. “You got a kid who’s got access to guns or has some simple knowledge of a firearm, he was programmed.”

“The facts have been buried or burned or whoever knew is either sitting on a beach somewhere and, uh, enjoying a fruity drink or they’re dead,” he added. “When the CIA says, ‘We don’t have this thing,’ and then their asses are brought into a court of law and they say, ‘Well, we have it, but we don’t use it anymore.’ Apparently, somebody’s using it.”

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