FBI’s Rapid Response Account Already Ratio’d Into Oblivion

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has introduced a new X account,@FBI_Response, designed to swiftly rebut misinformation and connect directly with the public.

Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, the account—linked to FBI.gov—features a handful of posts so far, including defenses against critics and highlights of recent enforcement gains.

Under Director Kash Patel, Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Co-Deputy Director Steve Bailey, the bureau promises a "new era" of transparency.Yet the debut has ignited ridicule online, with users mocking it as a "propaganda puppet" and sharing memes of the FBI badge atop a sinking ship.

The backlash underscores deep public skepticism.

X users, including former agents and conservative influencers, have unleashed a barrage of criticism, accusing the bureau of deflection rather than delivery on promised reforms.

"The 'most transparent FBI ever' says it wants help from the public, but it’s holding onto footage that could help solve the J6 pipe bomb case," chided ex-agent Phil Kennedy.

Posts decrying the agency's handling of recent controversies have proliferated since the account's launch on Nov. 13, with terms like "FBI fail" appearing in multiple threads tied to numerous scandals perceived now by the public to be the bureau's cover-ups.

Tucker Carlson's Nov. 13 report intensified scrutiny of the FBI's handling of Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks.

Carlson alleged the bureau falsely claimed Crooks had "no online footprint," teasing unearthed posts, searches and deleted accounts to expose a motive blackout.

More than a year after federal authorities apprehended Crooks following the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on then-President-elect Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the FBI has provided no substantive updates on how the 20-year-old evaded Secret Service protection to wound Trump and kill one attendee while critically injuring two others.

Yet the bureau swiftly rebuked Carlson's Nov. 13 report alleging a cover-up of Crooks' online activity.

The @FBI_Response account fired back: "This FBI has never said [that]. Ever," citing early Discord disclosures.

Central to the furor is the unsolved Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bomb case.

A Nov. 8 Blaze Media report by Steve Baker alleged forensic gait analysis identified former Capitol Police officer Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, now a CIA security employee, as a 94 percent match to the suspect who planted devices near the Republican and Democratic headquarters.

Sources told Blaze that FBI surveillance teams approached her door days after the riot but were abruptly withdrawn, per whistleblower Seraphin.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie amplified the claims on Nov. 12, citing a whistleblower letter on "gross misconduct" and demanding Patel's response.

The @FBI_Response account replied to Massie with a vague nod to whistleblower protections but no details on Kerkhoff or the probe.

The FBI maintains a $500,000 reward and calls it a priority, yet four years on, no arrests have followed, fueling theories of a cover-up.

Adding to the embarrassment are defamation lawsuits filed by Patel's girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins.

Since August 2025, she has sued ex-FBI agent Seraphin, former Utah Senate candidate Sam Parker and podcaster and Rift TV CEO Elijah Schaffer for $5 million each, alleging they falsely portrayed her as a Mossad "honeypot" agent sent to compromise Patel.

Wilkins claims the smears—spread via podcasts, posts and a wordless retweet—constitute "malicious lies" for clicks and fundraising.

Schaffer warns the suit is "delusional," vowing to fight it as First Amendment overreach, while Legal experts contend the cases could chill online speech.

The FBI has stayed silent on the lawsuits, even as Patel labeled attacks on Wilkins "cowardly" on X.

The Epstein files saga has further eroded confidence. Trump vowed full disclosure upon taking office, but Attorney General Pam Bondi released only redacted flight logs and contacts in February 2025, yielding no breakthroughs.

A July DOJ-FBI memo closed the probe, affirming suicide and no "client list" or blackmail evidence.

On Nov. 13, however, House Democrats dropped 20,000 documents, including emails where Epstein boasted of Trump "takedowns" and claimed he "knew about the girls."

Over 24 victims now sue the FBI for ignoring tips; a bipartisan bill to force releases stalled last week amid GOP resistance.

Public outrage peaks over the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, 31, at Utah Valley University.

Sniper Tyler Robinson, 22, fired a .30-06 round from a rooftop, killing Kirk mid-debate before Secret Service agents downed him.

Robinson confessed in a note to his trans partner: "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it."

DNA allegedly linked him to the rifle while his family cited a leftward political shift.

Patel misidentified a suspect in custody on Sept. 13, drawing "unreal mistake" rebukes.

Insiders allege suppressed video of Robinson with a mystery woman and halted foreign ties probes by National Counterterrorism Center chief Joe Kent, blocked in an Oval Office clash with Vice President Vance and Bondi to avoid aiding the defense.

In the end, this Rapid Response charade isn't bold truth-telling—it's a bureaucratic Band-Aid on a hemorrhaging institution, a tweet-tossing tantrum while pipe bombs tick, Epstein shadows slink and Kirk's killers mock justice from afar.

Patel's squad, hip-deep in their own messes, peddles fentanyl stats like shiny distractions from the deep-state detritus they swore to drain.

It's not renewal; it's retreat, a social-media smokescreen for a bureau still shielding elites over everyday Americans.

Demand the unredacted reckoning, the raw footage, the unfiltered files—or watch this "era" evaporate into the same stale swamp vapor.