Posted on 03/20/2025 6:08:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
"We're coming after you," Attorney General Pam Bondi warned domestic terrorists attacking Tesla dealers, infrastructure, and owners this week. And it didn't take long for Bondi to make good on the threat. Earlier this afternoon, the Department of Justice announced that three arrests had been made for three separate attacks, and that more would be on the way:
ABC News also reported on the developments:
Three people have been charged for their alleged involvement in recent arson attacks against Tesla vehicles and charging stations, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.
The defendants were charged after recent attacks in Salem, Oregon; Loveland, Colorado; and Charleston, South Carolina.
The three defendants will face the "full force of the law" for using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla vehicles and charging stations, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
Bondi's not kidding around about the charges, either. The DoJ released the statement on their website, along with the potential consequences on conviction:
“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”
- One defendant, also armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle, was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership located in Salem, Oregon.
- Another was arrested in Loveland, Colorado after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails. The defendant was later found in possession of materials used to produce additional incendiary weapons.
- In Charleston, South Carolina, a third defendant wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails.
- Each defendant faces serious charges carrying a minimum penalty of five years and up to 20 years in prison.
How did the DoJ and FBI manage to act so quickly? Well, credit certainly goes to Bondi and her new leadership at the FBI, Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino. They made it clear that they intended to refocus the FBI on crime rather than politics and, in Bondi's words, ensure that the days of engaging in crime were over.
Of course, it helps to have criminals who apparently don't know much about their targets. Tesla vehicles have cameras all over them, as do their properties, which means all of these crimes are captured in real time. That's also true of crimes committed on Tesla vehicles already in possession of their customers, whose cameras are now picking up the true nature of the Left.
I mean, does any video better capture the Left at the moment than an anti-Tesla activist actively defecating in his own shorts just to pwn Elon Musk?
BREAKING - A man from Indianapolis smears his OWN fecal matter onto a Cybertruck.
This is the state of the democrats.
pic.twitter.com/6a9uNqWQqh— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 19, 2025
As a very Trump-skeptical friend on Twitter/X remarked:
This is the political left in the US and why they have become so unpopular. Trump isn't the best the Republicans could have put forward but people will vote for damned near anything over this. https://t.co/OhUVLYReJF— Crosspatch-ish 🇺🇸 (@VictorishB123) March 20, 2025
Indeed. And they did, and may be even more enthusiastic about that choice in 2026 when it comes to giving the Left any opening to take control of either chamber of Congress. As one friend put it to me today, conservatives boycotted Bud Light -- but they didn't set Budweiser trucks on fire, torch liquor stores, or smear feces to make their point.
The FBI has clearly decided to take this wave of domestic terrorism seriously, and they almost certainly have a surfeit of evidence from which to investigate these crimes. Bondi and her prosecutors have plenty of reason to press the harshest charges possible, in order to set disincentives that will give Leftist rear-diggers some reason to reconsider potential choices in the days ahead. Rapid trials with convictions and lengthy prison sentences will provide those disincentives -- and if radicals ignore those, then the FBI and DoJ will just have more opportunities to take more radicals off the streets.
Addendum: Richard Samuelson has won the Internet today, everyone. The rest of us can pack it up.
De-colon-ize the Left?— Richard Samuelson (@Rickersam3) March 20, 2025
Bet they are Antifa.
The real question is who is putting these dim witted tools up to these deeds and no doubt paying them to do it?
Punish them doubly.
About damn time those bastards are held accountable. Nothing ticked me off more than seeing all those J6 stolen election protestors be carted off to jail for years while those Antifa bastards walked.
Anyone remember this?
When they tried to prevent Trumps inauguration in 2017, ALL CHARGES DROPPED! Not ONE of them went to jail despite them attacking cops, destroying property, burning cars. It really ticked me off that this was ignored. God bless Pam Bondi for putting an end to this double standard.
This has got to be culture shock for these Leftist Terrorist types.
They have grown to expect to that their acts of vandalism would be cheered by the media and ignored by the Feds.
Now their is a new sheriff in town and their acts of violence and destruction are being met with justice.
Oh my. What will happen next.
Jail time and restitution?
The San Jose, CA PD caught the perp who keyed a Tesla within 24 hours. When I heard the FBI was investigating the Tesla Molotov Cocktail firebombings, I figured it would take weeks for them to ID a perp. This is GREAT NEWS! Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, and Donald Trump are in full FAFO mode. The perps who did the firebombing are looking at 5-20 years in the federal pen. I hope it’s the full 20.
She did not put an end to the double standard. She simply enforced the law. I have no doubt the double standard is alive and well.
Sounds like Portland Antifa. There are some real freaks in PTown Antifa.
Nope. At least not all of them. As they pick up these cowards, they’re going to lean on them to give up the guys in the next tier up, and so ion. Get enough of these losers hooked up and the feds can break this organized terrorism wide open. It’s more than high time to put and end to the left’s habitual resort to violence.
I had read somewhere that Soros is involved.
I bet all three were paid by Soros.
This is LONG overdue.
Need to get them to talk cooperate and follow the money
My thoughts exactly 👍
Boy, what a difference a REAL AG and FBI Director make.
When will demonrats learn that they are not in charge anymore?
Looking forward to seeing these perps trials and convictions.
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