FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino published an unusual and highly personal statement on social media late Friday, pledging a sweeping internal effort to root out public corruption and vowing that the Bureau would conduct its investigations “by the book and in accordance with the law.”
In a lengthy post to his X account, Bongino said recent developments uncovered by ongoing investigations had “shocked [him] down to [his] core,” and that the truth would be pursued with “an honest and dignified effort.”
“We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned,” he wrote from his official government account.
Though the statement did not identify specific subjects of investigation, the cryptic language sparked widespread speculation on about what the FBI’s second-in-command was referring to. He wrote the note in response to a news article in Just the News that said a 2016 intelligence report, conducted by the Democrat administration of Barack Obama, said Kremlin preferred GOP over Dems, while the truth is quite different.
“The Obama-era ICA claimed the Kremlin has a history of preferring Republicans over Democrats, but decades of Moscow history contradicts the narrative that was pushed — and believed as gospel by the legacy media and public,” Just the News reported in this article.
Bongino, a former US Secret Service agent and conservative media personality, was appointed deputy director of the FBI in March by FBI Director Kash Patel, another high-profile Trump administration figure. The two were brought on after President Donald Trump’s re-election, reflecting a dramatic shift in leadership at the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
Since taking office, Bongino has distanced himself from his previous career in media, where he was known for sharp criticism of the FBI, the Department of Justice, and what he described as a “deep state” culture of political bias.
But his statement on Friday marked the first time he has spoken publicly in such stark, emotional terms about internal FBI discoveries since joining the agency’s leadership.
“We are going to get the answers WE ALL DESERVE,” he wrote. “Not ‘my truth,’ or ‘your truth,’ but THE TRUTH.”
Bongino’s post comes amid continued scrutiny of the FBI’s role in politically sensitive investigations, including its past surveillance of the Trump campaign, raiding of his home at Mar-a-Lago, its mishandling of the Hunter Biden laptop case, and more recently, its review of materials tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Director Patel and Bongino have previously signaled a desire to restore trust in the Bureau by rooting out what they see as internal partisanship and abuse of power.
In an interview earlier this year, Bongino said he would work to “rebuild the FBI from the inside out,” promising transparency and accountability without political favor.
