The FBI's top spokesman corrected a media organization that buried the gruesome reality of surgical procedures on gender-confused children in reporting that the FBI was seeking tips on such practitioners.

"Help the FBI protect children," the bureau said Monday. "As the Attorney General has made clear, we will protect our children and hold accountable those who mutilate them under the guise of gender-affirming care.

Report tips of any hospitals, clinics, or practitioners performing these surgical procedures on children at 1-800-CALL-FBI or http://tips.fbi.gov."

Axios translated this into requests for tips on those performing "gender-affirming surgeries," prompting FBI spokesman Ben Williamson to respond: "Actually what we said was we would like tips on any hospitals or clinics who break the law and mutilate children under the guise of 'gender affirming care.' And we do."

Axios also claimed that "research shows" the "overwhelming majority of youth who receive gender-affirming care report high levels of satisfaction, improving mental health, and low levels of regret." 

It neglected to mention a high-profile practitioner, UCLA's Johanna Olson-Kennedy, admitted last fall to hiding the results of her federally funded 2015 study of children taking puberty blockers because they didn't show mental health improvements and she feared they would be "weaponized" against such treatment. 

She's now being sued by a former patient of seven years, Kaya Clementine Breen, who detransitioned and can reportedly back her claims using Olson-Kennedy's patient notes on her.