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52 quotes from Dan Bongino
“There's a lot of investigation to be done.”
— Dan Bongino
November 1, 2020   •   Bongino was discussing allegations about the 2020 presidential election during the post-election period.
The Dan Bongino Show
“There is nothing Putin and Xi want more right now than the United States distracted in the Middle East.”
— Dan Bongino
March 25, 2023   •   Bongino's assessment of Russian and Chinese strategic interests during discussion of U.S. forces in Syria.
Fox News — Fox & Friends Weekend
“Donald Trump can sit there, he can even wear like the wigs they wear in the U.K. court system.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Part of Bongino's joking proposal that Trump act as a judge in response to adverse federal court rulings.
The Dan Bongino Show / CNN archival clip
“We need to set up a courtroom.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino jokingly proposed having Donald Trump make judicial decisions while criticizing federal judges who were blocking administration actions.
The Dan Bongino Show / CNN archival clip
“Some on the far-Left are just plain evil.”
— Dan Bongino
April 9, 2022   •   Bongino's political characterization during an Unfiltered monologue about what he described as the radical Left.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“If you swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States as an FBI agent... you do not deserve your job.”
— Dan Bongino
February 1, 2025   •   Bongino argued that FBI personnel who participated in investigations of Trump with partisan intent should be removed. His premise that such investigations were conducted with partisan intent was disputed.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“The biggest crisis we face right now in this country is getting the truth.”
— Dan Bongino
February 19, 2022   •   Said during Bongino's monologue about government, media and public trust.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“They have no idea how many people have walked into the country illegally.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino was criticizing federal estimates of unauthorized border crossings. This was his assertion about government knowledge, not an independently established fact.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“All I wanted to be was an FBI agent.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino recalled his interest in the FBI when he was a teenager.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“The FBI is lost. It's broken.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino was criticizing the FBI before later becoming its deputy director.
The Dan Bongino Show / CNN archival clip
“Our kids aren't oppressors. Our kids are the future.”
— Dan Bongino
June 5, 2021   •   Bongino was criticizing the teaching of what he described as critical race theory in schools.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“He's got shovels, man. He's ready to rock and roll.”
— Dan Bongino
November 1, 2024   •   Bongino was praising Kash Patel as a potential FBI director and arguing that Patel would aggressively reform the bureau.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“There's still an open question about a lot of this.”
— Dan Bongino
November 1, 2020   •   Bongino was discussing allegations concerning the 2020 election before certification. Subsequent recounts, audits and litigation did not establish fraud sufficient to overturn the result.
The Dan Bongino Show
“What happened to this agency?”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino contrasted his childhood admiration for the FBI with his later distrust of the institution.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“Government gets bigger and bigger and bigger because there's no power in yes.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino attributed the original observation to a Maryland politician named Chuck while explaining his own views about government power.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“The crisis at our southern border is now a full-blown catastrophe.”
— Dan Bongino
April 3, 2021   •   Opening commentary while guest-hosting Watters' World during increased migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fox News — Watters' World
“Because I swore to do a job, not to be a politician.”
— Dan Bongino
February 1, 2025   •   Bongino was describing his approach to his former work as a Secret Service agent.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“That's why they're so terrified.”
— Dan Bongino
November 1, 2024   •   Bongino claimed opponents of Kash Patel feared Patel's potential leadership of the FBI.
The Dan Bongino Show / Associated Press
“Government control is growing.”
— Dan Bongino
June 5, 2021   •   Part of Bongino's inaugural Unfiltered monologue concerning government power and civil liberties.
Fox News — Unfiltered with Dan Bongino
“What the FBI did to Donald Trump, that wasn't law enforcement; it was tyranny.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino was referring to FBI investigations involving Donald Trump. His description of those investigations as tyranny was a political characterization.
The Dan Bongino Show / CNN archival clip