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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posted a cryptic message on social media Saturday stating that recent investigations into government corruption have shocked him to his core.
Bongino wrote on X that discoveries made during his tenure at the FBI have permanently changed him. He did not provide specific details about what he learned.
“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,” Bongino wrote in his post.
The deputy director said he and FBI Director Kash Patel are committed to addressing public corruption and political weaponization of law enforcement and intelligence operations.
“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,” Bongino stated. “We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.”
Bongino promised that investigations would be conducted according to the law and that Americans would receive answers they deserve.
“We are going to conduct these righteous and proper investigations by the book and in accordance with the law. We are going to get the answers WE ALL DESERVE,” he wrote.
The former Secret Service agent turned conservative media personality did not elaborate on which specific investigations or discoveries prompted his statement. He concluded his message by saying he could not predict where the investigations would lead but promised “an honest and dignified effort at truth.”
Bongino became FBI deputy director in February 2025 after being selected by Director Kash Patel. Prior to joining the FBI, he served in the Secret Service from 1999 to 2011 and worked on the presidential protective details for both George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The deputy director’s statement comes amid ongoing investigations at the bureau, though he provided no timeline for when more information might be revealed to the public.