Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate former US president Donald Trump, appears to have used a social media microblogging site called 'Gab' to lend support to President Joe Biden and his policies.

According to the platform's CEO, Andrew Torba, he learned about Crooks' allegiances after getting an "emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency".

"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," wrote Torba on X (formerly Twitter).

"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 added.

https://x.com/BasedTorba/status/1816180238918824255

The account in question went by the alias of @epicmicrowave and expressed support for Biden's COVID-19 lockdowns, border policies and executive orders.

In one of the posts, the account user could be seen mocking someone for sharing an election projection.

"Didn’t you also think Biden would lose in a landslide yeah I would not be very confident in your election predictions," the OP wrote in February 2021.

Torba added he was releasing the data "at significant personal and business risk" by defying the DC consensus and publishing first definitive evidence that the shooter was a Biden supporter.

https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-shooter-thomas-crooks-likely-social-media-account-that-he-used-to-support-biden-revealed-744200