FBI Director Kash Patel told podcast host Joe Rogan during an interview released Friday that his house was swatted this week.
Patel was a guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” and during the interview, the FBI director broke news about his home getting swatted.
“As Director of the FBI of responsibility, I’m not just gonna bring a case because somebody hurt me. They did. And they continue to do it,” Patel said. “S–t. My house just got swatted yesterday.”
Swatting is when a person attempts to send armed law enforcement to another person’s house over a fake incident, which has led to deadly consequences in the past.
KLAS in Las Vegas reported that a swatting call was reported at Patel’s home on Tuesday morning at about 11:15 a.m.
When police reached out to the residence, they were able to determine the call was a fake before sending a response team to check it out.
Patel mentioned the swatting as he spoke to Rogan about exposing the corruption of the leadership in place before President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office. Specifically, the same leadership did whatever it could do to protect themselves and their friends, and Patel said