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Gab founder claims Trump gunman had account on platform—and replied to Catturd
The claim could not be immediately verified.
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Posted on Jul 24, 2024
Updated on Jul 24, 2024, 5:01 pm CDT
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Andrew Torba, the founder of alt-social media site Gab, claimed on Wednesday that the site “learned” that the attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks posted on his site.
Where’d they find him? In Catturd’s mentions, of course.
The Daily Dot couldn’t immediately confirm if the posts Torba shared in a post on X actually are Crooks.
However, an account the Daily Dot found that matches up with the images shared by Torba appears to have been removed from the site.
Torba later confirmed the account’s name matched the one the Daily Dot identified as @epicmicrowave. It’s since been put back up.
Torba said in a statement on X that Gab saved the account data and are ready to turn it over pending a search warrant.
It is unclear if Gab found the account itself or if it was informed by authorities.
“Approximately 30 minutes ago, Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform. We are unable to confirm that the account in question actually belonged to him,” Torba wrote at 2:34pm on Wednesday. “The account was last active on the site in 2021. As far as we are aware, the account did not use the site to send any direct messages. He posted on the site nine (9) times total.”
Torba shared two screenshots of pro-Biden comments, with the handle blacked out.
Gab founder claims Trump gunman had account on platform—and replied to Catturd
The claim could not be immediately verified.
Photo of Marlon Ettinger Marlon Ettinger Tech
Posted on Jul 24, 2024
Updated on Jul 24, 2024, 5:01 pm CDT
Listen to the article now
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Audio by Carbonatix
Andrew Torba, the founder of alt-social media site Gab, claimed on Wednesday that the site “learned” that the attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks posted on his site.
Where’d they find him? In Catturd’s mentions, of course.
The Daily Dot couldn’t immediately confirm if the posts Torba shared in a post on X actually are Crooks.
However, an account the Daily Dot found that matches up with the images shared by Torba appears to have been removed from the site.
Torba later confirmed the account’s name matched the one the Daily Dot identified as @epicmicrowave. It’s since been put back up.
Torba said in a statement on X that Gab saved the account data and are ready to turn it over pending a search warrant.
It is unclear if Gab found the account itself or if it was informed by authorities.
“Approximately 30 minutes ago, Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform. We are unable to confirm that the account in question actually belonged to him,” Torba wrote at 2:34pm on Wednesday. “The account was last active on the site in 2021. As far as we are aware, the account did not use the site to send any direct messages. He posted on the site nine (9) times total.”
Torba shared two screenshots of pro-Biden comments, with the handle blacked out.
