Donald Trump’s would-be assassin appears to have maintained a hidden online presence involving two DeviantArt accounts that used “they/them” pronouns and hosted artwork tied to “furry” communities, according to new reporting on the digital history of Thomas Crooks.

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Crooks opened fire at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024.

The accounts, identified as “epicmicrowave” and “theepicmicrowave,” were linked to imagery featuring hybrid human-animal characters.

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Reports state that the profiles associated with Crooks displayed cartoon figures with muscular male bodies paired with female heads.

The information surfaced as Tucker Carlson released new details about Crooks’ activity online.

Carlson published a 34-minute examination of Crooks’ digital history, including political shifts, extremist messaging, and communication with an overseas contact.

Prior to this review, few details were publicly known about Crooks’ background, prompting criticism from some conservatives who questioned the pace and scope of the FBI’s disclosures.

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Carlson’s reporting outlined an exchange between Crooks and a Norwegian individual using the username “Willy_Tepes.”

According to the material released by Carlson’s team, Tepes is linked on foreign websites to the Nordic Resistance Movement, which the State Department has designated a terrorist group.

The FBI has maintained that Crooks acted on his own.

Officials stated that agents found “no evidence” of collaborators or foreign guidance.

According to investigators, Crooks did not leave a clear motive but had explored extremist content and planned aspects of his attack.

The messages documented by Carlson include YouTube comments from 2019 and 2020.

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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-related 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.

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“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 exchange released by Carlson’s team, Tepes discussed firearms.

“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 :)”

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Crooks’ public comments ended soon after those posts.

Carlson’s findings state that Crooks’ political views shifted in early 2020, including messages criticizing Trump and his supporters

The material released by Carlson also includes messages in which Crooks allegedly described methods for anti-Trump extremists to carry out attacks.

“[In my opinion] the only way to fight the [government] is with terrorism style attacks,” he allegedly wrote.

The new information prompted reaction from lawmakers. Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett said in an interview with Benny Johnson that Crooks may have been influenced by intelligence activity.

“They programmed this kid,” Burchett said.

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“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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