No. As John Matze explained in Devin Nunes podcast where he interviews him, they only do that to verify that you are you IF you want them to. Same as Twitter’s blue check. There has to be some legit identification that @DevinNunes really IS Devin Nunes. Then they discard the image.
I trust Bongino. I don’t think he would have taken a monetary stake if it was shady.
True. Verification is for those who need to protect their account and Twitter does much the same.