Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool claimed someone “opened fire” as he approached his property.
In a post on X, Pool said a car approached his property on Friday night and “opened fire.” There were no injuries, Pool added. His security team is now “reviewing the incident” and will make a report to law enforcement.
In the second place, Pool said that his first thought was that someone was trying to scare him. “But we have a security gate and armed guards, and it is possible that this deterred something more serious,” he wrote.
Pool, which hosts The Culture War Podcasthas millions of followers across YouTube, Instagram, and X. He rose to prominence during the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 and during his time as a reporter with Vice.
Pool did not specify where his property is located, but his X profile lists his location as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The Independent contact Pool for comments.
Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool said someone opened fire on his property on Friday night (Getty Images)
The Harpers Ferry Police Department said the incident did not occur within the agency’s boundaries and ordered The Independent to the West Virginia State Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
A spokesman for the West Virginia State Police said they have “no information” about the incident. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached for comment after business hours.
Several leading figures quickly responded to Pool’s post, including conservative commentator Megyn Kelly.
“This is horrible, Tim,” she wrote on X. “I’m so sorry this happened. Things are getting out of control and happening more often. We pray for your safety.”
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican from Georgia, called the incident “scary.
“I’m happy that everyone is ok,” she wrote on X. “Everyone must stand together against this kind of violence and political intimidation. It doesn’t matter who it is. You like them or not.”
Last year, Pool was in the news after the Justice Department criminally indicted two employees of state-controlled Russian media outlet Russia Today over an alleged $10 million propaganda scheme that recruited right-wing media personalities. The company, which was not named in the indictment but was later identified as Tenet Media, had ties to several conservative influencers, including Pool.
In a September 2024 statement, Pool said that if the allegations were true, he and the other media personalities “were deceived and are victims.” He also noted that his podcast was licensed by Tenet Media, but that he “never produced any content” for the company.
In April, he continued to claim that the Justice Department had shown “no actual evidence” to support his allegations.
“The indictment includes messages out of context that are in dispute, no actual proof of said messages, in fact, and claims without any hard corroborating evidence for anything else,” Pool said.
Pool also attracted national attention after he bought a makeshift skatepark in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia after me with the skateboarders who frequent the area, The Washington Post reports. Pool dismissed the criticism at the time, telling the Location that the issue seemed to be “only with a few people I don’t like personally.”