The Trump administration has taken decisive action against a rogue federal employee who thought he could steal government property on his way out the door. Gregory Bovino, a recently retired Border Patrol official, had the audacity to rename three official federal social media accounts to his personal title and refused to return them despite clear warnings they belonged to the American people.
According to exclusive reporting from the Washington Examiner, Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts with a massive combined audience of 850,000 followers have now been completely locked down by the Trump administration. This swift action sends a clear message: the days of federal bureaucrats treating government resources as their personal piggy bank are OVER.
What makes this story even more outrageous is that Bovino apparently believed he could just waltz into retirement while keeping control of accounts built with taxpayer dollars and federal resources. These weren't his personal hobby accounts - they were official Border Patrol communications channels that reached nearly a million Americans.
Deep State Mentality Exposed
This incident perfectly illustrates the entitled mindset that has infected our federal bureaucracy for decades. Career government employees have grown so comfortable treating public resources as their own that Bovino genuinely thought he could rebrand official accounts and take them with him like a retirement gift.
"This is exactly the kind of administrative state arrogance that President Trump was elected to clean up," said one administration source familiar with the situation.
Under the Biden regime, this type of bureaucratic theft probably would have been ignored or swept under the rug. But President Trump's team isn't playing games with government accountability.
Patriots should be asking themselves: how many other federal employees have pulled similar stunts over the years? How much taxpayer-funded digital property has walked out the door with retiring bureaucrats who felt entitled to keep what they built on our dime?
The Trump administration's quick action here proves they're serious about draining the swamp and holding every level of government accountable to We the People.