Tucker Carlson sparks panic as he exposes Trump shooter's ties to foreign terror group

Daily Mail ^ | 19:32 EST, 14 November 2025 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 14 November 2025 | PHILLIP NIETO,

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tucker Carlson's latest exposé is sending shockwaves through MAGA circles after the former Fox News host suggested that Trump's failed assassin, Thomas Crooks, may be connected to a foreign terror group.

Carlson's investigative team released a 34-minute video diving into the online history of Crooks, the 20-year-old would-be assassin who shot Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July 2024. Crooks' bullet came within less than an inch of penetrating Trump's skull.

More than a year after the assassination attempt, the FBI has yet to release a clear motive for why Crooks tried to shoot Trump or whether he acted alone or in coordination with others.

Carlson's uncovered YouTube comments allegedly posted by Crooks from 2019-2020, revealing the shooter's long digital history of making calls for assassinations and political violence. Crooks' YouTube comments indicate he radically shifted his ideology from pro-Trump towards the far left.

During the final phase in 2020 of Crook's YouTube commenting, the shooter began interacting with a suspicious user 'Willy_Tepes' who appeared to encourage Crooks to commit political violence.

He wrote to Crooks on August 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 claims that Tepes's name is listed on a foreign Antifa website connecting him to the Nordic Resistance Movement - a neo-Nazi group based in Scandinavia which has been designated a terrorist organization by the State Department.

The deep-dive from the former Fox News stemmed from a tip he received from an anonymous...

[MayflowerMadam]

“promoting the ‘lone nut’ narrative, denying any connections to foreign or domestic enemies,”

IIRC, wasn’t ones of the SEVERAL cell phones he had in a different language?

[cuz1961]

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[Sirius Lee]

For Cucker, “foreign terrorist group” means the jooooooos

"the Nordic Resistance Movement - a neo-Nazi group based in Scandinavia "

[Sirius Lee]

Federal law enforcement has engaged in for decades: promoting the “lone nut” narrative

There's no evidence that Maxwell Yearick is still alive. The lack of interest or follow up on the white van containing explosives with AZ plates that was towed from the scene is the dog that didn't bark.

[fatima]

I was reading that last night.

[Wallace T.]

There are so many unanswered questions on the attempt on President Trump's life in Butler, PA that you could drive an 18 wheeler through them. I can accept that Ryan Routh was an unhinged leftist who acted alone; his attempt was super amateurish. However, the Butler attempt, with the numerous anomalies regarding the supposed assassin, the whole Matthew Yearick presence, the inadequate Secret Service protection, the hosing down of the crime scene by the FBI, the cremation of the remains of Thomas Crooks, and other items, is a classic case of a nonsensical narrative. The Justice Department is acting just like all administrations going back to at least Johnson: lie, deny, and accuse people who question the narrative as being unhinged.

If you want to contribute to the developing belief in some rightist circles that the Trump Administration is "meet the new boss, same as the old boss", you would behave exactly as Bondi, Blanche, Patel, and Bongino are acting.

[doc maverick]

LOL! Exactly!

[scrabblehack]

Would FBI be able to tell if a moderator edited a post?
I’m a moderator on another site (not YouTube) — I tried editing an old post and there was no change in the post date. There might be a record of it somewhere else though.

[MayflowerMadam]

Bondi, Patel = Do not trust.
Blanche = Don’t know much about him.
Bongino = I hope he hasn’t succumbed to the DS.

[piasa]

Possible Contact of Would-Be Trump Assassin in Butler, Thomas Crooks, Allegedly Unmasked
The Western Journal ^ | 05/16/2026 | Hudson Crozier
Posted on 5/16/2026, 12:20:51 PM by DFG

A neo-Nazi who may have interacted with would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks online revealed himself to be Bjorn Leif Hjelmerud of Norway, The Daily Mail reported.

Hjelmerud admitted to being in contact with a “Tom Crooks” YouTube account believed by some to be the 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, shooter who nearly took the president’s life, the outlet reported citing a text exchange with Hjelmerud.

A member of the white supremacist Nordic Resistance Movement, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, Hjelmerud egged on violent comments from “Tom Crooks” about overthrowing the government in a 2020 YouTube comments section.

“If a gun and a badge is all that is needed, then authority obviously comes from the barrel of a gun,” Hjelmerud told the account while under the username “Willy_Tepes,” The Daily Mail reported.

“We have more guns than they do … There is no way we can avoid a war at this point, so you better just get used to the idea.”

Hjelmerud said he did not talk to “Tom Crooks” on any other online platform in comments to the outlet.

Secret Service agents fatally shot the Butler gunman after he hit Trump in the ear with a rifle from a rooftop during a campaign rally, narrowly missing his brain.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...

[piasa]

Four decades is significant.
What world changing event happened 4 decades ago that spawned wave after wave of international terrorist acts and confounded US foreign policy?

[combat_boots]

Bttt