Bongino says he planted fake details to catch ‘snakes’ in FBI
Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s podcast “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” that he encountered two distinct groups when he first began working for the agency, one of which he labeled the “good FBI” consisting of agents who investigated crimes against children and white-collar crimes. “And then you had this other FBI which were — which was populated with, to say, unfortunately, snakes is being nice,” he told Hannity. It wasn’t always obvious which FBI they were in.” He said it took some time for him and FBI Director Kash Patel to figure out whether individual agents were “part of the good FBI or the bad FBI,” and they sometimes relied on outside sources for help.
- ▪Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s podcast “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” that he encountered two distinct groups when he first began working for the agency, one of which he labeled the “good FBI” consisting of agents who invest
- ▪“And then you had this other FBI which were — which was populated with, to say, unfortunately, snakes is being nice,” he told Hannity.
- ▪It wasn’t always obvious which FBI they were in.” He said it took some time for him and FBI Director Kash Patel to figure out whether individual agents were “part of the good FBI or the bad FBI,” and they sometimes relied on outside sources
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Administration Bongino says he planted fake details to catch ‘snakes’ in FBI Comments: by Sophie Brams - 04/28/26 3:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Sophie Brams - 04/28/26 3:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, said on a podcast released Tuesday that he would occasionally spread false information to identify “snakes” within the agency that he believed were leaking details to the media. Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s podcast “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” that he encountered two distinct groups when he first began working for the agency, one of which he labeled the “good FBI” consisting of agents who investigated crimes against children and white-collar crimes.
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