Report: Man who shot Trump used "they/them" pronouns, was interested in furries

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Harris Rigby

Nov 17, 2025

Stare directly at this:

They/them furry appreciator, just like the man who assassinated Charlie Kirk!

(Someone might say there's a pattern here!)

According to Devine, the FBI didn't tell us everything they knew about Crook. Here's her column in the New York Post:

Among the 17 accounts uncovered by our source were ones on YouTube, Snapchat, Venmo, Zelle, GroupMe, Discord, Google Play, Quizlet, Chess.com and Quora.

The online interactions from when Crooks was ages 15 to 17 give us a better understanding of his evolution into an assassin, and invite more questions about what β€” or who β€” reversed his ideology ...

The official narrative claimed he acted alone and without a clear motive, ideology or digital footprint.

Yet the source found reams of information that shows Crooks 'was not simply some unknowable lone actor … He left a digital trail of violent threats, extremist ideology and admiration for mass violence. He spoke openly of political assassination, posted under his real name and was even flagged by other users who mentioned law enforcement in their replies. Despite this, his account remained active for more than five years β€” and was only removed the day after the shooting.'

Crooks went from a radical and violent (in rhetoric) right-winger during Trump's first term, with comments like "MURDER ALL DEMOCRATS" on YouTube, to in 2020 doing a complete reversal into TDS.

What changed?

What are some of the more wild facts that the FBI and Secret Service under the previous administration just so happened to miss?

Like alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, Crooks appears to have been interested in 'furries' and exploring gender identity.

He described himself with the pronouns "they/them" on the platform DeviantArt, which is one of the biggest online hubs for 'furry' art and the 'furry' community. (A furry is someone who has an interest in anthropomorphized animal characters, often as a sexual fetish.)

Two accounts linked to Crooks' primary email were found on DeviantArt, under usernames 'epicmicrowave' and 'theepicmicrowave.' The account suggests he had an obsession with scantily clad cartoon characters sporting muscle-bound male bodies and female heads.

It might be time do something about the proliferation of furry and trans pornography in this country and its ties to violence.

The FBI refused to comment when asked on Sunday whether Crooks was ever investigated, visited or in some way brought to the attention of the agency before he tried to assassinate Trump, or whether there was an FBI file on Crooks before Butler.

The FBI also refused to comment on why it has not been forthcoming on congressional oversight requests.

Wray told Congress on July 24 2024, 11 days after the shooting, that the bureau 'did not have any [prior] information about the shooter' and that 'he was not in our holdings before the shooting.' He said the FBI ran a search for Crooks through its databases, and he was not found.

There are still more questions than answers...


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