The Trump administration has taken decisive action against a rogue former Border Patrol official who thought he could walk away with federal property and get away with it. Gregory Bovino, who recently retired from his position, had the audacity to rename three official government social media accounts to his personal title and refused to hand them back over to their rightful owners – the American taxpayers.
According to an exclusive report from the Washington Examiner, Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts with a combined reach of 850,000 followers have now been locked down by the administration. These weren't Bovino's personal accounts – they were federal property built on the taxpayer dime, representing official U.S. Border Patrol communications.
This is exactly the kind of Deep State nonsense that President Trump was elected to clean up. For too long, federal bureaucrats have acted like they own the government agencies they work for, treating official resources as their personal property. Not anymore.
Accountability Returns to Washington
Under the Biden regime, this kind of behavior would have been swept under the rug or ignored entirely. But the Trump-Vance administration is showing that there are consequences for federal employees who think they're above the law.
The fact that Bovino felt entitled to simply rebrand official government accounts and take them with him into retirement shows just how entitled the federal bureaucracy had become during the dark years of the Biden administration. These accounts were built using federal resources, federal time, and represented the official voice of our border security operations.
"This is exactly why Americans voted for Trump – to restore accountability and end the culture of entitlement in the federal government."
With 850,000 followers across platforms, these accounts represent significant taxpayer investment in official communications channels. The idea that any federal employee could just walk away with that kind of reach and influence is absurd.
This swift action by the Trump administration sends a clear message to every federal bureaucrat: government property belongs to We the People, not to individual employees who think they can treat federal resources as their personal playground. The days of Deep State operatives helping themselves to taxpayer-funded assets are officially over.