‘We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned,’ Dan Bongino said.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a post on Saturday that the agency is conducting multiple investigations related to alleged public corruption and weaponization of government.
“The Director and I are committed to stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations,” Bongino said in a lengthy post on X.
During my tenure here as the Deputy Director of the FBI, I have repeatedly relayed to you that things are happening that might not be immediately visible, but they are happening.
— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) July 26, 2025
The Director and I are committed to stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization…
“It is a priority for us. But what I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigations into these aforementioned matters, has shocked me down to my core. We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.”
The bureau, he said, would deliver “the answers we all deserve” and will attempt to bring “an honest and dignified effort at truth.”
Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and podcast host, did not provide a timeline for the results of the investigations, adding that “things are happening” that may not be “immediately visible” to the public.
Although Bongino didn’t go into details, he said earlier this year the FBI would be conducting new investigations into the pipe bombs that were left outside the Republican and Democratic national committee buildings in Washington a day before the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, cases involving “public corruption,” cocaine that was found at the White House in July 2023, and the leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.
The FBI said in 2024 that a $500,000 reward is still in effect for information leading to the arrest of the pipe bomb suspect. Earlier this year, David Sundberg, former assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, told CNN that officials are seeking new leads.
“Maybe allegiances have changed or relationships have changed, and it’s time to report [on the suspect],” Sundberg told the outlet.
On May 26, Bongino said in a post on X that his office will investigate what he said are a “number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest.”
Thanks for following this account and allowing us to update you about what we’re doing at your FBI. A few updates:
— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) May 26, 2025
-The Director and I will have most of our incoming reform teams in place by next week. The hiring process can take a little bit of time, but we are approaching that…
Bongino’s most recent post before Saturday had a more upbeat tone, writing on July 25 that “there is no doubt our country is safer today than it was in January” due to “the leadership of this administration and the work of our men and women of law enforcement.”
As promised, I want to provide an update on our efforts out of @FBI to defend the homeland and protect Americans from threats here at home and around the world. We’re right around the 6 month mark, and thanks to the leadership of this administration and the work of our men and…
— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) July 25, 2025
In the update, he said that the FBI carried out more than 12,000 violent crime arrests, seized more than 3,000 pounds of fentanyl, seized more than 136,000 pounds of cocaine, 11,000 pounds of methamphetamine, and 27,000 pounds of marijuana. Meanwhile, the FBI has assisted in more than 21,900 immigration enforcement-related arrests since January, he added.
