DHS Flack’s Fake Video Revives Sex Misconduct Rap

A misleading government propaganda video reminds former colleagues on Capitol Hill of Micah Bock.

WASHINGTON — Micah Bock, the Department of Homeland Security’s deputy assistant secretary for strategic communications, is under renewed scrutiny following a video posted to X on June 14 that featured misleading footage and revived multiple allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to his time as a staffer for Madison Cawthorn, a former Republican congressman from North Carolina.

In the video, posted to the official DHS account on X, Bock denounces a migrant “repeat offender with an extensive rap sheet” allegedly involved in the recent unrest against ICE in Los Angeles. The video included elements quickly debunked by Snopes.

It also caught the attention of several Capitol Hill aides who recall Bock’s tenure in Congress, where he served as communications director for Reps. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), and later as deputy chief of staff for Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas), from 2020 to 2025. His political career began as a college friend of Cawthorn’s, serving as…