Conservative comedian and commentator Steven Crowder claimed to have a copy of the manifesto written by Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale that he intends to release at 9 a.m. CT. Crowder’s claim comes as the parent company The Tennessee Star continues its two ongoing lawsuits seeking to obtain the documents, and as public officials call for its release.
In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Crowder wrote that his investigative “team has obtained exclusive access to the Nashville Covenant shooter’s manifesto” and said he intends to release the document on Monday morning. Crowder is hosting a stream on Rumble to discuss the alleged Manifesto, which is a substantial collection of writings in notebooks and computers gathered by investigators following Hale’s death while in the commission of the school shooting.
[rumble]https://rumble.com/embed/v3rgfoj/?pub=4[/rumble]
Crowder’s claimed Manifesto comes 224 days after the attack March 27 day of attack that claimed the lives of six people, including three students.
Local police and the FBI have resisted all efforts by The Star and other media to release the Manifesto, and U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) sent a letter to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake more than 200 days ago requesting its release.
The Star‘s attorney in the matter, Dan Lennington, also addressed Crowder’s claims on X.
Update: Claims of leaked Nashville shooter manifesto.@WILawLiberty is suing @FBI in federal court for access to all the shooter's records, on behalf of @TheTNStar
Case info here: https://t.co/ElKTJ7H45b https://t.co/XaJAyPClIU
— Dan Lennington (@DanLennington) November 6, 2023
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1721545965402726734
When the department refused to respond, Rose told The Star law enforcement is choosing to leave political leaders “in the dark.” He explained that Drake “completely ignored my reasonable request for more information regarding the evidence seized in the Covenant School shooting. This lack of cooperation is leaving those of us in positions of leadership in the dark, without critical insights that may be helpful as we discuss policy solutions that may prevent future tragedies.”
In October, an attorney representing many of the school’s families claimed the release of the manifesto is “literally a matter of life and death.”
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Georgia Star News, and also reports for The Tennessee Star and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Audrey Elizabeth Hale” is by Metro Nashvilee Police Department and “Steven Crowder is by Steven Crowder.
You don’t have to like Crowder but to think he is lying or the document he has is fake is to intentionally cover your eyes to the truth and the propaganda regarding the mental illness associated with many roped into the trans community and the dangers pushed by the media against “white people” or “Christians”.
Hate is hate and hating those groups I mentioned is also hate and that is not acceptable. All hate is unacceptable. Disagreeing ISN”T hate or violence and using those words is disingenuous and dangerous in of itself. This manifesto should NEVER have been covered up.