Podcaster Shawn Ryan from The Shawn Ryan Show on YouTube announced that he would disappear for “a few days” before releasing a new episode about the Tesla Cybertruck bomber’s alleged “manifesto.”

Why it matters

According to authorities, Matthew Livelsberger drove a Cybertruck to a Las Vegas hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump and then detonated it. Accordingly, he appeared to have shot himself before the truck exploded Denver Gazette.

Investigators have been working to determine a motive for the attack, but Ryan may have given this hunt a crucial twist thanks to a break from Sam Shoemate, an intelligence analyst who said he had an email from Livelsberger containing his alleged manifesto receive.

Newsweek asked Ryan’s producers for comment on social media Friday afternoon.

What you should know

The Shawn Ryan Show has nearly 3.6 million subscribers on YouTube and a catalog of over 1,000 videos published since February 2017. Ryan is a former Navy SEAL, former CIA contractor, Special Operations Outreach and CNBC contributor.

On Friday at 2:57 p.m. ET, Ryan posted a warning that he would be “disappearing for a few days” with his family, citing concerns about the “stunning” revelations in his latest episode, which was released just minutes later on Spotify .

“My family and I are disappearing for a few days,” Ryan wrote. “My account will be active, but I won’t be behind the wheel. What we are about to release is mind-blowing and will raise many questions.”

Half an hour after the episode was published, Ryan’s account posted a screenshot of the email Shoemate received from the sender claiming to be Livelsberger. The email details two main claims.

First, the email said that the drones that appeared over New Jersey were of Chinese origin and used “gravitic propulsion systems” that “posed the most dangerous threat to national security ever seen.”

Second, the email detailed alleged war crimes, such as a 2019 airstrike in Afghanistan’s Nimruz province that Livelsberger allegedly helped cover up.

Ryan and Shoemate reiterated during the show that they could not verify any of the claims made in the email, but they would work to do so.

Far-right political activist Laura Loomer responded to Ryan’s post with what she claimed was proof that Livelsberger owned a specific car – a Ford Mustang that he said he had owned since 2006 – which some social media users used as proof of identity for the e- Viewed email.

What people say

Shoemate wrote on “,” referring to the Shawn Ryan Show Consequence.

Shortly before the episode aired, he wrote another post that said, “I knew if I went public with this I would be drawn into the ‘Glowy Boi’ conspiracy cycle, especially since I’m an intelligence officer . I had no choice. The guy just threw it at me.” Inbox.

“When I saw his name on the news, I had no choice but to turn him over to the FBI. I knew the FBI wouldn’t release it, at least not without an agenda, so I brought it to Shawn Ryan because he has the platform to handle the magnitude of this information and will do so as objectively as possible .”

What happens next

The FBI will continue to review the evidence to determine whether the manifesto has a legitimate connection to Livelsberger.

Ryan will return from hiding after people have had time to process the information revealed in his final episode. However, it remains unclear whether he will address what happened in his next episode.