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https://www.rawstory.com/boingino-fbi-maga/
It seems to be similar to our frustration with "strongly worded letters" but no "frog marching" (yet).
According to a report from The Buwark's Will Sommer, things have not gone well for the normally abrasive Bongino who has been asking for patience as supporters of the president demand scalps for the way the Trump was treated by the agency that stretched from the Russia investigation in 2016 to the president's involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol building.
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According to Sommer, Bongino –– as well as Patel –- is taking heat from the MAGA faithful for being all talk and no action. "Since being sworn in, he has spent a remarkable amount of time in the public conversation, trying to calm his social media skeptics. His pleas for patience come amid growing frustration among the MAGA grassroots over the job he and FBI Director Kash Patel are doing," he wrote before adding, "The problem with being a major law enforcement official is that people may expect you to, ya know, solve crimes, like the string of swattings in March targeting right-wing influencers."
Case in point, Sommer reported, was rightwing victims of swatting feeling the FBI is dragging its feet when it comes to investigations with one victim, influencer Larry Taunton, joined by another victim, Infowars personality Owen Shroyer, complaining, "I keep seeing a lot of tough-talking tweets. In the amount of time it takes to prepare a tweet, one could pick up the phone and give people like me or Owen [Shroyer] a phone call.”
The report adds, "In Bongino’s case, his audience has been told for years that prominent liberals and deep-state operatives have committed blatant crimes against the Trump family that should be easy to prosecute. Yet no top Democrats have been indicted, leading Trump fans to believe Bongino is falling down on the job."
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According to Sommer, Bongino –– as well as Patel –- is taking heat from the MAGA faithful for being all talk and no action. "Since being sworn in, he has spent a remarkable amount of time in the public conversation, trying to calm his social media skeptics. His pleas for patience come amid growing frustration among the MAGA grassroots over the job he and FBI Director Kash Patel are doing," he wrote before adding, "The problem with being a major law enforcement official is that people may expect you to, ya know, solve crimes, like the string of swattings in March targeting right-wing influencers."
Case in point, Sommer reported, was rightwing victims of swatting feeling the FBI is dragging its feet when it comes to investigations with one victim, influencer Larry Taunton, joined by another victim, Infowars personality Owen Shroyer, complaining, "I keep seeing a lot of tough-talking tweets. In the amount of time it takes to prepare a tweet, one could pick up the phone and give people like me or Owen [Shroyer] a phone call.”
The report adds, "In Bongino’s case, his audience has been told for years that prominent liberals and deep-state operatives have committed blatant crimes against the Trump family that should be easy to prosecute. Yet no top Democrats have been indicted, leading Trump fans to believe Bongino is falling down on the job."
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It seems to be similar to our frustration with "strongly worded letters" but no "frog marching" (yet).
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