EXCLUSIVE: Larry Taunton’s Explosive New Podcast Reveals Harrowing Details of Swatting Incident
“If the goal was to silence me, they failed.” - Larry Alex Taunton
Just one day after alpolitics.com was the first news outlet to break the story of investigative journalist Larry Alex Taunton’s Alabama home being swatted, Taunton is speaking out in a powerful new episode of his podcast, Ideas Have Consequences. Premiering exclusively on his YouTube channel tomorrow, the episode provides firsthand details of the terrifying encounter and exposes a disturbing pattern of swatting attacks on conservative commentators across the country.
We were granted early access to the episode, and it does not disappoint. Taunton holds nothing back as he recounts the tense moments when heavily armed officers, responding to a fraudulent emergency call, arrived at his home in the middle of the night. The episode also includes exclusive security footage of the incident, showing officers approaching his home with rifles drawn.
“This Might’ve Been a Bloodbath”
Taunton opens the episode by setting the scene: just 12 hours earlier, he and his wife were jolted awake by armed men surrounding their home. The call that prompted the response falsely claimed there was “blood everywhere” and that gunmen were actively shooting inside the house. Officers, believing they were stepping into a mass shooting, arrived blacked out—no lights, no sirens—ready for a hostile engagement.
Taunton, who was still awake tending to his German Shepherd, noticed something was off before the police even reached his doorstep. His dog’s alert behavior and the sudden flash of lights outside his bedroom triggered his instincts. Armed with his own firearm, he cautiously stepped forward, moments away from a potentially fatal misunderstanding.
"I was just SWATed. Someone made a call to police claiming to be hiding in my home as I was shooting people. Five men, all armed with AR-15s, came to my home. I came out with a weapon of my own. I’m grateful for their professionalism & restraint. This might’ve been a bloodbath." — Larry Taunton via X (formerly Twitter)
The podcast includes footage from Taunton’s security cameras, which show officers approaching in darkness, rifles raised, scanning the property. A clip from this footage, posted online yesterday, has already amassed over 35 million views, fueling widespread discussion about the dangers of swatting.
A Pattern of Political Intimidation?
Taunton doesn’t hesitate to call out what he sees as an escalating tactic used to silence conservative voices. Throughout the episode, he highlights how other commentators—including figures like Gunther Eagleman and Insurrection Barbie—have also been targeted. “This is terrorism,” he asserts, arguing that these swatting incidents are designed to trigger violent outcomes.
He also makes it clear that he does not support this happening to anyone, regardless of political affiliation. “I don’t care if you’re Anderson Cooper. I don’t care if you’re AOC. I don’t care if you’re Nancy Pelosi. I do not want to see this happen to you.”
Taunton ties the attack to his ongoing investigations into Ukraine and his work exposing USAID’s involvement in illegal immigration and its shadowy operations in Cairo. His reporting led to his recent detainment in Egypt, where, as he puts it, the “Egyptian secret police tried to disappear me.” He also points to his outspoken criticism of U.S. policies on Ukraine, calling it the likeliest motive behind the attack.
“If police come and they have their sirens on and they have their lights on, I’m not armed. But when I look out from my bedroom and see the silhouettes of armed men tiptoeing on my porch, who have yet to identify themselves as anything, I was this close to opening fire.”
“If it had been me, my wife, my dog—anyone else in my home—this could have gone very differently. The people behind this were okay with that outcome.”
Trump’s Endorsement and the Fallout
Adding weight to Taunton’s claims, former President Donald Trump recently acknowledged his work on Steve Bannon’s show, urging him to keep doing good work. The timing of the swatting, just weeks after his detention in Cairo and amid growing attention on his investigative efforts, raises serious questions about whether this was merely a prank—or something far more sinister.
Taunton vows that this will not deter him. “If the goal was to silence me, they failed,” he states defiantly in the episode’s closing moments. “This only confirms that I’m over the target.”
Watch the Full Episode
Larry Taunton’s full breakdown of the swatting incident and its implications premieres tomorrow on YouTube. Given the significance of the story, this is a must-watch episode for anyone following his investigations.
Follow Larry Taunton on X: @LarryTaunton
