Columnist Questions FBI on Trump Assassination Attempt After Online Records Emerge

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00:00Columnist questions FBI on Trump assassination attempt after online records emerge.

00:06New York Post columnist Miranda Devine has raised new concerns about the FBI's handling

00:10of the investigation into Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old accused of attempting to assassinate

00:15President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Speaking to Fox News, Devine said the public was

00:21initially led to believe Crooks had little to no digital footprint and no identifiable motive.

00:26However, she now claims a source has revealed information from 17 online accounts linked

00:32to Crooks, contradicting earlier impressions. Crooks allegedly fired eight shots from a rooftop

00:37during Trump's rally on July 13, 2024, killing firefighter Corey Comparatore and injuring

00:43Trump and two others. Devine stated that newly obtained online records present a very different

00:49story from what the FBI presented to Congress, prompting her call for clearer explanations from

00:55federal officials. According to Devine, Crooks' online activity spanned platforms such as Google

01:00Play and DeviantArt, the latter associated with niche communities, including the furries subculture.

01:06She noted similarities to the case of Tyler Robinson, accused of killing conservative activist Charlie

01:12Kirk, who was also involved in similar online communities. Devine added that Crooks used they-them

01:18pronouns on some platforms. The columnist also pointed to what she described as a notable political shift.

01:23Early posts suggested Crooks was initially pro-Trump and critical of Democrats as a teenager.

01:30Over time, she said, his rhetoric became more extreme before eventually becoming violently anti-Trump.

01:37Devine cited the alleged influence of William Tepper's, described as a neo-Nazi figure connected

01:42to Crooks' radicalization, and noted Crooks' sudden disappearance from online activity in August 2020.

01:48Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbott earlier told Congress that Crooks expressed anti-immigration

01:54and anti-Semitic themes, but did not address any ideological shift. Devine argued the new information

02:00suggests the FBI either overlooked key material or chose not to disclose it, raising renewed scrutiny

02:07over the investigation and its transparency.