Bongino vows to uncover 'truth' in cryptic message: 'We cannot run a Republic like this'

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed on Saturday to uncover the “truth” in a cryptic post on the social platform X, proclaiming that “we cannot run a Republic like this.” 

Bongino said that he and FBI Director Kash Patel are committed to “stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations.” 

“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,” the deputy director wrote. 

It is unclear what Bongino was referring to. The Hill has reached out to the FBI for additional comment. 

Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and podcaster, was at the center of the debate over the files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month. 

The FBI and Justice Department (DOJ) said in a joint, unsigned memo that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 in prison while awaiting trial and that he did not keep the so-called “client list.” 

Bongino was frustrated with the leaders at the DOJ and the handling of the Epstein files earlier in July. He clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the issue and has reportedly weighed resigning from his post. 

A few days later, despite the infighting, President Trump told reporters he still has confidence in Bongino and that he is in “good shape.”  

Bongino also wrote on Saturday’s X post that the FBI will 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,” Bongino wrote. “As with any investigation, I cannot predict where it will land, but I can promise you an honest and dignified effort at truth. Not ‘my truth,’ or ‘your truth,’ but THE TRUTH.”