FBI Deputy Director Bongino Says Bureau Looking at Several Cases Involving ‘Potential Public Corruption’

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The lawsuit the FBI can see is the Washington Pipe Bomb, where cocaine was discovered in the White House and there is a 2022 Supreme Court decision, he said.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Monday that the department is considering opening an investigation into a case of potential public corruption.

“Suddenly after the oath (FBI Director Kash Patel) and I evaluated many cases of potential public corruption that are, of course, attracting public interest,” Dan Bongino wrote in a post on social media platform X on Monday morning.

Former Secret Service agent and radio host Bongino added that “we decided to reopen these cases or give additional resources and attention to investigations.”

One case they are trying to target is an FBI investigation into a pipe bomb left near a Democrat and Republican National Committee building in Washington a day before January 6th, 2021, he said.

The FBI said last year that $500,000 in compensation remains valid for information leading to the arrest of a suspected pipe bomb, and earlier this year, the former FBI assistant director in charge of the Washington office told CNN that authorities were seeking new leads.

“Maybe it’s time to report to the suspects, maybe it’s changed loyalty or relationships,” David Sandberg told the outlet.

“The hints from the public have really been very helpful, but like I said, we are still trying to identify the suspect, so we’re trying to make a little more public, like we’re jogging through someone’s memories,” he said.

Other cases that guarantee more resources include cocaine discovery at the White House in July 2023 and Roev in June 2022. It includes a leak in the US Supreme Court decision that overturned Wade, Bongino added.

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“I get the requested briefings on these cases every week. We are making progress. If you have any tips for investigating these issues, please contact the FBI,” he said in the post.

Also in his X post, Bongino said that he and Patel went together in one media interview and “initially decided to limit the media footprint overall to focus their attention on the work.” Their only interview was with Fox News this month.

“We have chosen to communicate in writing on this platform to meet the inevitable vacuum of information,” he said.

“I try to load as much feedback as possible, but I’m busy on work days and my office is SCIF with limited telephone access.

“From last week’s interview, we plan to release more information in response to positive and negative feedback and provide even more clarity in the answers to some of the questions asked in the interview.”

In an interview with Fox News, Patel and Bongino were asked about the death of sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in August 2019.

“They have a right to their opinions, but as someone who worked as a public defense counsel, as prosecutors in that prison system, in a quarantined home at the Metropolitan Detention Center, you commit suicide when you see it.

Bongino said he agreed to Patel’s assessment that Epstein’s death was due to suicide.

“He committed suicide… I saw the entire file,” Bongino added during the interview.

After Epstein’s body was discovered, there was widespread speculation that he did not commit suicide. His brother, Mark Epstein, told the press in 2019 that he believed his brother would not die from suicide, and repeated those claims in an interview with Meggin Kelly last year.
Meanwhile, Patel confirmed last week that the FBI is investigating New York Attorney General Letitia James about her real estate transaction.
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