Deputy FBI Director Promises ‘Dignified Effort at Truth’ With Ongoing Investigations

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a social media post on July 26 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.

“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.”

“As with any investigation, I cannot predict where it will land, but I can promise you an honest and dignified effort at truth,” he wrote.

Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and podcast host, did not provide a timeline for the results of the investigations, noting that “things are happening” that may not be “immediately visible” to the public.

Although Bongino did not go into details, he said earlier this year that the FBI would be conducting new investigations into “public corruption,” the cocaine found at the White House in July 2023, the leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, and the pipe bombs that were left outside the Republican and Democratic national committee buildings in Washington a day before the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

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.”

Bongino’s most recent post before July 26 had a more upbeat tone. He wrote on July 25 that “there is no doubt [the] country is safer today than it was in January” because of “the leadership of this administration and the work of [the] men and women of law enforcement.”

In the update, he said the FBI has carried out more than 12,000 violent crime arrests and has seized more than 3,000 pounds of fentanyl, 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 noted.

Separately, on July 23 the Justice Department announced that it was forming a task force following the declassification of documents by the director of national intelligence (DNI) that shed light on the origins of false claims that then-candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 election with Russia’s help.

In a statement, the Justice Department said the task force would “assess the evidence publicized by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and investigate potential next legal steps which might stem from DNI Gabbard’s disclosures.”

“This Department takes alleged weaponization of the intelligence community with the utmost seriousness,” the statement reads.

Joseph Lord contributed to this report.