FBI Targeting Those Responsible For Recent ‘Swatting’ Incidents

Senator Lee suggested that the incidents should be prosecuted as attempted murder.
FBI Director Kash Patel addressed recent “swatting” incidents that unfolded this week by saying that the Bureau was working to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.
The statement from Patel comes after several conservative media figures and influencers said this week that they had been swatted.

(Among those conservative media figures that I know have been “swatted” lately are Catturd™, Shawn Farash, Gunther Eagleman™, Tim Young, Libs of TikTok, Matt Van Swol, Nick Sortor, Benny Johnson, and there are many more that I don’t know.)

“Swatting” is a dangerous and illegal prank where a person contacts law enforcement and makes false claims about an event taking place at a specific address — like a mass shooting or hostage situation — with the aim of generating a large law enforcement response to that address.
U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said in a statement after some of the swatting incidents became public this week that if any of the perpetrators were discovered in the District of Columbia, they would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) suggested on Thursday that swatting should be “prosecuted as attempted murder.”
“If you send heavily armed men to someone’s house with a false assertion that a violent crime is being committed there, you’re creating a grave risk that an innocent person will get shot,” he said.