Posted on 03/14/2025 6:20:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Five conservative influencers have been swatted in recent days, as Democrats ramp up their invectives against President Donald Trump and DOGE chief Elon Musk amid their work to downsize the government and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
Swatting is a form of domestic terrorism where someone makes a false report to emergency services, often targeting a political opponent, leading to a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team or other law enforcement response at the victim’s location. The malicious tactic can and has led to fatalities.
The victims this week include Info Wars reporter Chase Geiser, conservative radio talk show host Joe Pags, political commentator Gunther Eagleman, independent journalist Nick Sortor, and Trump impersonator Shawn Farash.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin released a statement Thursday night following the series of swatting attacks.
“Swatting is a violent criminal act,” Martin posted on X. If any perpetrators are discovered in the District of Columbia or originate from here, you will be arrested, we will put you in jail and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
Geiser was swatted twice within a twelve hour period, the first time Tuesday afternoon and again early Wednesday morning just before 2AM. He described the first incident on the Alex Jones Show, noting that he and his family weren’t at home when the police showed up at his house. Geiser said when he met the police in his driveway, they were still receiving 311 messages about his property. “So there was a campaign of swatting my property,” he told Jones.
After the second incident, the Info Wars reporter posted on X that “6 to 8 police officers used a PA system to call me by name and order me to walk out of my house.”
I was handcuffed in the middle of the street, presumably at gunpoint though I couldn’t tell because of the light being shined on my face.
I was then led into the house where my wife was woken up and we were informed that they received a call from someone pretending to be me and threatening to kill my family.
Conservative radio talk show host Joe Pags was also swatted early Wednesday morning.
According to the Joe Pags Show website, the talk show host was alerted by a security notification on his phone at 2:35 AM on Wednesday March 12th.
Checking his outdoor camera, he saw a chilling sight—an armed man at his front door. In that moment, his adrenaline kicked in. Thinking quickly, he called 911, where the operator confirmed his fears—someone had made a fake report, triggering the heavy police response.
“They’re targeting anyone who’s a conservative,” Pags said on his radio show Thursday. The talk show host said he reached out to FBI Director Kash Patel to request that the FBI investigate the recent spike in politically motivated swattings.
“The police are hip to what you’re doing,” Pags warned, calling out the perpetrators. “I could have died,” he added.
Overnight, family members of independent journalist Nick Sortor were also swatted.
“Both my dad and my sister were swatted tonight,” Sortor posted on X at 12:56 am Thursday morning. “A dozen cops attempted to kick my dad’s door in at gunpoint.”
This is literal f-cking terrorism. And the FBI should treat it as such. Before calling in the swat, this dumbshit sent my sister an email calling me a Nazi, of course. So the motive is clear.
In my dad’s case, the caller told police my dad was killing my entire family, requiring them to intervene with deadly force. This is nothing short of attempted murder. They wanted the police to kill my father. Unfortunately for the swatter, I WILL NOT stop. I WILL NOT shut up. And you WILL NOT win.
If anything, my family is behind me even more than they were before. Because they just got a first hand look at the forces I’m fighting with on a daily basis.
Your hate fuels me. I’m over the target. As President Trump says: FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
Sortor told Alex Jones during an interview that he believes the left is getting desperate as it loses more and more power.
“There are going to be more wins and they can’t take the wins,” he said. “The vast majority of the American people don’t agree with anything they say … so the only thing they can do is to shut us up so we stop showing the American people what’s really going on and exposing the truth.”
Political commentator Gunther Eagleman was targeted a couple of hours after Sortor’s family members were swatted.
“The gloves are off. First off, my family is safe,” Eagleman wrote on X. “My house was just swatted. Some ignorant f-ck called in a fake hostage situation.”
Eagleman had a message for the culprits: “Fortunately, I have good relations with law enforcement, and extra patrols will be added. I don’t tolerate threats and will find the culprit. This was their worst mistake.”
Finally, Trump impersonator Shawn Farash revealed Thursday evening on X that he and his wife were swatted.
“We are totally safe,” he said. “Thank you to everyone who checked in. We are going to do whatever is necessary to find out who is behind these coordinated attacks and hold them accountable to the fullest extent. Thank you all for the support!”
In a video posted on X Thursday evening, Farash noted that he was asleep when the police appeared at the house, but his wife was awake, and shaking with terror at the sight of armed policemen outside their door.
Everyone who was swatted reportedly received orders of either Domino’s or Papa John’s pizza that were labeled “COD” (cash on delivery).
The swattings come after a series of attacks on Tesla dealerships throughout the country in recent weeks, that include arson attacks, vandalism, theft, and gunfire.
And Thursday morning, Trump Tower in New York City was occupied by leftists chanting “Free Mahmoud, Free them All!”
NYPD reportedly arrested 98 protesters for trespassing, resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental affairs, among other charges.
Another Info Wars writer, Jamie White, was shot and killed outside his apartment complex in South Austin on Sunday, but the murder does not appear to be political. Austin police say investigators believe White was shot dead when he interrupted suspect(s) burglarizing his vehicle.
Trump is over the target.
Make it a felony to do such idiocy and it will stop.
People who call in fake reports to police usually get caught.............................
Unfortunately they don't understand or care that we have a "box" for that too.
It's not already?
Leftists are now fighting a civil war. This is terrorism & there should be a death penalty for it.
And the sooner we start enforcing laws against treason the better.
Pam Bondi needs to realize there are things more important than cocktail partiy invitations, or her license to practice law.
It is at the state level. Which means it won't be prosecuted in blue states.
These people calling in fake SWATS need to be made an example. I’d suggest an attempted murder charge for starters.
Tell the stupid ass cops to knock it off. Twice in one day? Pull any federal funding those jackasses get for their SWAT toys.
Thats 5 attempted murders.
And have the sentence carried out in public.
They went after Joe Pags?!
Wow, would have never seen that coming.
He still in San Antonio?
Two questions: How does the caller know about the events? and where is the caller located? Someone was swatted twice in 12 hours. The cops need to get a little better at their investigations.
I haven’t heard anything about her attending cocktail parties, or problems with her law license. What have you heard?
Swatting is attempted murder. When the cops show up at 2.30 AM, with guns, the innocent person may just defend himself with a gun, and then the cops will kill him.
Anyone who does swatting is guilty of attempted murder. The penalty for that should be execution.
“People who call in fake reports to police usually get caught”
Interestingly, liberals who claim they are getting death threats are never able to identify the threat maker.
It’s almost as if every death threat claim in fake.
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