{"id":2552574,"date":"2026-01-26T09:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-explains-to-full-diaper-media-morons-difference-between-being-podcaster-and-fbi-deputy-director-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:35:03","slug":"dan-bongino-explains-to-full-diaper-media-morons-difference-between-being-podcaster-and-fbi-deputy-director-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-explains-to-full-diaper-media-morons-difference-between-being-podcaster-and-fbi-deputy-director-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Bongino Explains to &#8216;Full-Diaper Media Morons&#8217; Difference Between Being Podcaster And FBI Deputy Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-bongino-explains-to-full-diaper-media-morons-difference-between-being-podcaster-and-fbi-deputy-director-3%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2552574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dan Bongino criticized major media outlets for focusing on his paid political commentary rather than his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cliff-from-cheers-actor-backs-california-republican-denounces-crime-and-corruption-under-newsom-3\/\" title=\"Cliff from &#039;Cheers&#039; Actor Backs California Republican, Denounces &#039;Crime and Corruption&#039; Under ...om\">law-enforcement background<\/a> after announcing his exit from a federal post on Dec. 17 to return to hosting The Dan Bongino Show. Speaking on sean Hannity\u2019s program, Bongino said reporters ignored his prior experience with the Secret Service and the NYPD and misunderstood the difference between serving in a taxpayer-funded government role and offering paid political commentary. He emphasized that while working at the FBI he was serving the administration and the public, not airing personal opinions, and suggested the constraints required caution. Bongino also told Hayley Caronia\u2019s Nightly Scroll that his time in the Trump administration provided material he can now discuss more freely back on his podcast. He criticized the media for treating his prior commentary work as a scandal and said he\u2019s relieved to be able to speak openly again.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino ripped into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-arrests-two-illegal-immigrants-from-yemen-on-fbi-terror-watch-list\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Arrests Two Illegal Immigrants From Yemen On FBI Terror Watch List\">corporate media outlets<\/a> Thursday, saying they failed to understand what his role at the FBI required as opposed to hosting a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Bongino announced his departure from his position at the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal law enforcement agency<\/a> on Dec. 17, saying he would return to hosting his podcast, &ldquo;The Dan Bongino Show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bongino ridiculed the corporate media outlets who cited his political commentary at the time of his appointment as the FBI&rsquo;s deputy director in February, while ignoring his experience as a Secret Service agent and as an officer with the New York Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not that person anymore, are you?&rdquo; the fianc&eacute; of &ldquo;Fox and Friends&rdquo; co-host Ainsley Earhardt and host of &ldquo;Hannity&rdquo; asked Bongino, who responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I mean, listen, when I made this comment on your show, and again, the morons in the media were apparently unaware that I was paid for a political commentary show. This was news to them, Sean! They were like, oh my gosh, Dan Bongino was paid as a political commentator, and you were laughing about this the next day, like, this is how stupid they, they, this was a big scandal in the media, Dan Bongino was paid to be a political commentator.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then I said, when you&rsquo;re at the FBI working for the administration, Sean, listen, you&rsquo;re very close with the people and it&rsquo;s not about you, it&rsquo;s not about you,&rdquo; Bongino continued. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t get elected president. Donald Trump did, and I, I am there to serve the administration and the taxpayers. End of story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bongino hinted during a Jan. 7 appearance on &ldquo;Nightly Scroll with Hayley Caronia&rdquo; that his time in the Trump administration had given him &ldquo;a lot of stuff to talk about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not there to give my opinions on them. I don&rsquo;t know why this was hard for, again, these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-explains-to-full-diaper-media-morons-difference-between-being-podcaster-and-fbi-deputy-director\/\" title=\"... Explains to &#039;Full-Diaper ... Morons&#039; Difference Between Being Podcaster And FBI Deputy Director\">full diaper media morons<\/a> to understand,&rdquo; Bongino told Hannity. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re paid to do a job for the taxpayer, you serve the taxpayer. When you&rsquo;re paid for to do a political commentary show, you offer political commentary. Is this, is this difficult?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really, that I, that I never got a better laugh out of a hit I did on the media, but I, you know, I told you the next day I got, I had to be careful. I, you know, I don&rsquo;t want to, I don&rsquo;t want to say too much,&rdquo; Bongino continued. &ldquo;Now that I&rsquo;m back, I can talk like I like to talk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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