Posted on 05/02/2026 1:01:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ex-FBI Co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino joined Sean Hannity’s Fox News podcast on Tuesday and admitted he fears retaliation from the “bad” elements within the FBI for working to expose Deep State leakers and insiders.
“I will never be the same,” he said. “I’m serious as a stroke. I’m scared, man. I’m proud of what I did and what Kash and I accomplished, but I know what’s coming. I know what I started.”
Bongino pointed to recent Department of Justice indictments as part of the work he began while still at the FBI.
🚨 DAN BONGINO REVEALS: He’ll NEVER BE THE SAME after serving in the FBI
“I’m scared man. I know what I did, I’m proud of my work.”
“I know what’s coming…they’re going to come for me.”
“I know what I started.”
THANK YOU @DBongino! 🙏🏻 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/DaFaEL1WS7— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 28, 2026
The DOJ recently indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center, former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, and Dr. David Morens — Fauci’s top aide at NIAID accused of helping orchestrate the COVID-19 cover-up.
Bongino warned, “They’re gonna come for me,” while admitting he knew the risks involved.
The ex-FBI Co-Deputy Director said he hired his own lawyer during his tenure to ensure he followed every rule “by the book,” but fears his opponents will simply “rewrite the book.”
He told Hannity he’s worried that a future Democratic president could send “some thugs” to his residence. He also spoke of two distinct FBIs: one made up of dedicated professionals doing great work, and the other inhabited by “snakes.”
A key problem he faced helping Kash Patel was uncertainty about whether his own colleagues were part of the “good FBI or the bad FBI.”
The ex-FBI Co-Deputy Director described how one “bad FBI” agent explicitly told him that arresting violent criminals carried too much “risk.”
Patel and Bongino conducted a “little game” to catch information leakers by adding fake but harmless details to their schedules and other matters, then sharing the altered information with specific officials. When those false details popped up in the media, they could easily identify the rat.
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What is wrong with you. Are you projecting your own homosexuality?
Well said.
When he took the job. Appointed Feb 2025 and left Jan 2026.
But yes, didn’t start until mid March. So 9 and one half months.
“Six ways to Sunday”
I have no problem with this. He’s a liar and covered up crimes.
In that one year, he helped cover up the attempt assassination of Trump in Pennsylvania. And the supposed suicide at Epstein. And as a parting gift, he framed an innocent man of the J-6 bomb.
A man named Steve Robinson was once on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast. This was a number of months ago.
Steve Robinson owns “The Maine Wire” which breaks a lot of stories from The Pine Tree State.
On “War Room,” Mr. Robinson showed still pictures of Platner in the Maine woods training members of Antifa how to use firearms. He also mentioned that Platner is a member of a group called The Socialist Rifle Association.
I’m not a fan of Collins but I will vote for her this November. Platner is a nightmare. He claims to be a poor oyster fisherman, but he’s had campaign offices open up throughout Maine since last year.
I’m sure he served admirably in every job he’s had in the public sector, but most of use only know him as a pundit and talker. I can’t name anything that I know that he has accomplished - can you? The only thing I remember from his short time as Deputy Director of the FBI is a public spat with his bosses boss (which is never a good idea). There’s a difference between denigrating someone and just associating them with the role they are best known for.
Take Bongina. Please.
Why did he not take care of these “Bad” elements” when he was deputy director?
Go for the low hanging fruit first and get the needed information for the BIG arrests.
That's not an irrational fear when you have a family.
Rush is dead.
I no longer get my info or opinions from talkers.
I am PROUD to say I was a Rush Fanboy.
But I’m nobody’s fanboy today.
You’re still an anonymous online “faker” complaining about Bongino.
I expect Trump to do a boat load of pardons before he leaves, just as Biden showed us how to accomplish.
He’s talking which is what he does best. Talking to Sean Hannity? I don’t know how valuable that is. I’m not a fan of Sean Hannity. He has rehearsed laundry lists of complaints and grievances which he can recite without end. He likes to get 2 guests at a time and then they all talk over each other. Dan made a mistake going to work for the FBI but his bigger mistake was quitting that job. I don’t have any interest in what he has to say. I can’t say I blame him for trying to get some attention though.
Being gay is quite an accusation. Where is your proof?
You're part of today's problem...........
Bongina did nothing and arrested zero MAGA enemies. He was a great friend to the elitist pedophiles that paid to rape kids on Epstein’s island. Why would they come for him?
Really? How many of MAGA’s enemies did he arrest? Here’s a hint: it rhymes with wero.
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