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Bongino on past pipe bomb cover-up claim: ‘I was paid … for my opinions’
Dan Bongino admitted his past Jan. 6 pipe bomb conspiracy claims were financially motivated and now prioritizes fact-based investigations as FBI deputy director.
- On Thursday, Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, admitted he was paid for promoting a Jan. 6, 2021 pipe-bomb theory and said his current role requires fact-based work.
- In recent years, Bongino repeatedly claimed on his podcast that the pipe bombs placed near Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021, were an inside job; the devices were viable but did not detonate.
- The Justice Department announced on Dec. 4 the arrest of Brian Jerome Cole Jr., 30, of Northern Virginia, and authorities say he believed the 2020 election was stolen; Bongino told Fox News the FBI is 'pretty comfortable we have our guy' and declined to speculate on the bomber's identity.
- Earlier this year, the Justice Department said contrary to claims by Bongino, FBI Director Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, the government was not hiding Epstein's client list, and other MAGA media figures have walked back statements, raising credibility questions.
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'Make it make sense': Bongino's flip-flop on pipe bomber ripped apart on MS NOW
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was raked over the coals on Saturday morning for changing his tune on the Washington, DC, pipe bomber after spending years spreading conspiracy theories that have now fallen flat after an arrest.As a podcaster, the now-senior FBI official claimed the attempted attack ...
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Bongino on past pipe bomb cover-up claim: ‘I was paid … for my opinions’
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino on Thursday brushed off questions about his past claims of a cover up in the case of who planted pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices a day before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. When Fox News’s Sean Hannity reminded his former colleague of his past…
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