EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said the individuals behind the recent swatting calls on conservative journalists and influencers should be charged with attempted murder.
This week, multiple conservatives reported that their homes and relatives’ homes were the targets of swatting calls. Those who have reported being swatted in recent days include Shawn Farash, Gunther Eagleman, Nick Sortor, Joe Pags Pagliarulo, Catturd, Mike Engleman, and others.
Amid the incidents, FBI Director Kash Patel said he was aware of the situation and that his team is “taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.”
I want to address the alarming rise in ‘Swatting’ incidents targeting media figures. The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.
This isn’t about politics—weaponizing law enforcement…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 14, 2025
“This isn’t about politics—weaponizing law enforcement against ANY American is not only morally reprehensible but also endangers lives, including those of our officers. That will not be tolerated. We are fully committed to working with local law enforcement to crack down on these crimes,” Patel added.
Calling swatting a “criminal harassment attack on people,” Haust said the individuals behind such calls should be charged with attempted murder due to the dangerous intent behind them.
“Essentially, what these swatters do is they make a false claim to law enforcement saying that something awful, usually a murder or a suicide, a kidnapping, something is happening at a residence or a place of business that is of someone they don’t like, that they would like the police to go there en masse trying to stop this false thing that is happening,” Haust explained.
“It’s actually very dangerous because the police presence comes in and really just scares the family or the people who are home. The police are armed to the teeth because they think they’re saving someone from harm and of course the person in the home is unaware of what’s happening…[The suspects] should be charged with attempted murder,” Haust added.
Haust said charging individuals who initiate swatting calls with attempted murder would “stop it from happening more often.
“That’s how you stop it from happening more often, and the other part of that is you can absolutely make the case that they intend deathly harm on these people. We do have precedent, we know we’ve seen it in the past where someone has lost their life,” Haust said.
“As far as swatting goes, I want to see these people hunted down like the animals they are, like the terrorists they are. I want to root them out of their caves, like they’re Pakistani terrorists, get them out of their basements. Then I want every single one of them arrested and put through a grueling, horrible, long criminal trial that ends with them in jail,” Haust added.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
