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The Influencer FBI. The skill set required to succeed online may not always translate to effective law enforcement.
The skill set required to succeed online may not always translate to effective law enforcement.
Just hours before Kirk’s death, a group of fired FBI agents filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the two leaders—Patel and Bongino—had repeatedly made personnel decisions on the basis of angry social-media posts by MAGA influencers. Yesterday, the right-wing podcaster Stephen Crowder posted what he claimed was an internal bulletin from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reporting that law enforcement had found bullet casings engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology”—in line with the theories promoted by other MAGA influencers. At a press conference later in the evening, Patel stood next to the podium as Utah Governor Spencer Cox gently suggested that onlookers remain wary of rumors on social media.
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