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Dan Bongino Rips Into Trump Admin’s Critics Amid Media Comeback

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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino unloaded Monday on what he framed as bad-faith critics circling the Trump coalition as he teased a return to a more visible media role.

Bongino said in December that he will leave the FBI in January, confirming in an X post plans that surfaced hours after President Donald Trump told reporters Bongino was likely to step down and return to his show. In a social media post, Bongino said that the conservative movement has no patience left for internal saboteurs, especially with midterms looming.

“There’s NO confusion. I started in this movement as a candidate during the Tea Party movement, and I began my political commentary career shortly thereafter. I helped build this movement and I sure as hell am not going to let it get hijacked by a group of black-pillers, life-losers, grifters and bums,” Bongino wrote. “We are a movement guided by truth. The essence of conservative ideology is the preservation of eternal truths. We are not the ‘latest thing’ group. We are not political cannibals. I’ve watched quietly from the inside while doing the job I was hired to do, but I’m back now, and it’s time to restore balance to the force (that one was for Gui).”

Let me add this, from the jump, so there’s NO confusion. I started in this movement as a candidate during the Tea Party movement, and I began my political commentary career shortly thereafter. I helped build this movement and I sure as hell am not going to let it get hijacked by… https://t.co/kkH9jTXY9M

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 5, 2026

With midterms approaching, Bongino said the movement cannot afford constant complaining, insisting that pushing out destructive voices is not infighting but a necessary effort to keep the cause focused on results.

“As we get ready to make some announcements about the future of the show, I also want to warn the haters and the zeroes – we’ve been at this a long time. We live for this stuff. This isn’t our first, second or tenth rodeo. We’ve seen a lot dipshits come and go. We revel in making you angry enough to show your asses. It’s glorious,” Bongino added. “We’ve got midterms coming up, and there’s no time for bullshit. This administration is cooking and REAL change simmers. If you’re spending your entire day bitching and whining with 3/4ths of the term still to go, then please find the exits. There’s no time for it. It’s not ‘infighting’ when you excise a cancer killing the host. It’s ‘outfighting’ because you’re not part of any movement I’m familiar with.”

Bongino began his career in law enforcement with the New York Police Department in the mid-1990s and later joined the U.S. Secret Service, where he worked for more than a decade. He later became a well-known media figure through a Fox News weekend program and by building a large audience around his nationally syndicated podcast.

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