Bloggers work to debunk Brett Kimberlin's new claim that he was a SWAT-ting victim

Jenn Taylor | 12:55 PM on June 11, 2012

Brett Kimberlin’s group Velvet Revolution has offered a $10,000 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the attempted SWAT-tings of Mike Stack, Patrick Frey (Patterico), RedState’s Erick Erickson, and … Brett Kimberlin? Well that’s a new one.

As Patterico points out, Kimberlin was interviewed by ABC News after his alleged SWAT-ting and didn’t bring it up.

Some had their doubts about Kimberlin’s new claim.

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Which intrepid bloggers will be talking to Bethesda Maryland police bright & early tomorrow to get the report on the 5/31 Kimberlin SWATing?

— ??? ????????? ⏳ (@stranahan) June 11, 2012

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Sure, the FBI should investigate. But for now, maybe bloggers can get started on the heavy lifting.

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From last night: Kimberlin claimed he was SWAT-ted (SAFE LINK) http://t.co/ikHXqPVL NOW: Local police deny that claim http://t.co/WurwTOZq

— Joe Brooks (@joebrooks) June 11, 2012

This morning, Lee Stranahan got a statement from the Montgomery county, Maryland public information office. It begins:

I searched our 911 call database for the above listed address. There was no call listed for 5/31, nor anything similar to what you described. I then searched each of our 6 districts for the entire day of 5/31 for a murder in progress, murder just occurred or murder occurred earlier call with negative results.