{"id":2596230,"date":"2026-04-28T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bongino-says-hes-scared-of-winding-up-in-prison-theyre-coming-for-me\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:37:39","slug":"bongino-says-hes-scared-of-winding-up-in-prison-theyre-coming-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bongino-says-hes-scared-of-winding-up-in-prison-theyre-coming-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongino says he\u2019s \u2018scared\u2019 of winding up in prison: \u2018They&#8217;re coming for me\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbongino-says-hes-scared-of-winding-up-in-prison-theyre-coming-for-me%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=2596230&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>Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Fox News that he is living in ongoing fear of retaliation after he says he uncovered evidence of \u201csystemic corruption\u201d within teh agency. He referenced \u201cCrossfire\u201d documents he claims he found at FBI offices last year, which he says involved the FBI\u2019s handling of allegations that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia in the 2016 campaign-asserting the inquiry was known internally to be baseless from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Bongino said that after discovering the files and sharing cryptic signals online before leaving the agency in January, he began worrying his home could be attacked and that he could be framed with false federal charges or end up in prison. He argued that even if he tried to follow rules and involve his own outside attorney, institutions could \u201crewrite the book,\u201d comparing his situation to Trump\u2019s experiences with investigations and indictment.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed he tried to root out leakers by using tactics such as falsifying details about his schedule, and said there were effectively two different \u201cFBI\u201d groups operating in parallel-implying one was made up of agents he described as \u201csnakes\u201d who were leaking facts to the media.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\">FBI<\/a> Deputy Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dan-bongino\/\">Dan Bongino<\/a> said in an interview aired Tuesday that he lives in constant fear that he\u2019ll face retaliation for unveiling what he described as systemic corruption at the agency. <\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Bongino referenced \u201cCrossfire\u201d documents he discovered at FBI offices last year. The files pertained to the FBI\u2019s investigation into allegations that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia during his 2016 presidential campaign, Bongino said. The documents, he claimed, proved that the FBI knew the whole investigation was \u201cbulls\u2014 from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546081\/virginia-supreme-court-keeps-block-on-redistricting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Virginia Supreme Court keeps block on redistricting while it weighs new congressional map\u2019s fate<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546002\/appeals-court-rejects-trump-migrant-detention-policy-creates-national-split\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Appeals court rejects Trump migrant detention policy, creating national split<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546191\/james-comey-indicted-second-time-report\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>James Comey indicted for a second time: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe presidency could change \u2014 I hope it doesn\u2019t \u2014 in a little over two years,\u201d he said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FkxgO1qm_xQ&#038;t=554s\">an interview<\/a> with Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity. \u201cYou don\u2019t think on election night, if we lose, like it\u2019s not going through my head, like they\u2019re going to send some thugs to my house?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Bongino left the FBI in January, roughly 10 months after he started on the job. He said that since discovering the Crossfire files in \u201cburn bags,\u201d making <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDDBongino\/status\/1949125573055332672\">a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jada-pinkett-smith-walks-red-carpet-one-day-after-will-gets-banned-from-oscars-for-10-years\/\" title=\"Jada Pinkett Smith Walks Red Carpet One Day After Will Gets Banned From Oscars For 10 Years\">cryptic post<\/a><\/a> about them, and ultimately leaving his position, he has feared retaliation. He mused that he worries his home will be attacked, or that he could end up in prison on bogus charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the mother lode, and there was a document in there that we were never meant to find that was basically the keys to the kingdom on Crossfire,\u201d Bongino told Hannity. \u201cAnd the document was so sensitive we were not even to carry it outside of the office. I will never be the same. I\u2019m being as serious as a stroke right now. I\u2019m really, I\u2019m scared.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t think for a second that I don\u2019t think every day, and this is what\u2019s really sad \u2026 that they\u2019re going to come for me,\u201d he added. \u201cLike I\u2019ll probably be in some federal prison. That\u2019s what comes to my mind every day. I live like this the rest of my life because I know how they are.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bongino compared himself to Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-university-alleges-biden-administration-launched-bad-faith-investigations\/\" title=\"Christian university claims Biden administration initiated &#039;unfair&#039; investigations.\">faced numerous investigations<\/a> in recent years and became the first former president to be indicted on criminal charges in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything I did [at the FBI], I did with a dotted i and a crossed t. I brought in my own attorney from the outside \u2026 I said, \u2018No, everything is going to be by the book,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cYou know what? It don\u2019t matter. They\u2019ll rewrite the book, just like they did for President Trump \u2026 It happened to the president, and he went through just the worst destruction of civil liberties I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Though he had a relatively <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short-lived tenure<\/a> at the agency, Bongino said this week it was his intention all along to spend under a year at the FBI. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pretty clear with [FBI Director] Kash [Patel] from the start that I used to tell him the line, I\u2019ll flip the calendar for you,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll come in. I\u2019ll get to January. We\u2019ll get all this done. I knew what we had to do, whether it was training reforms. We had to get rid of a lot of bad apples, reorienting the FBI back to violent crime. So it was kind of weird when I left to hear a lot of this, like, nonsense, conspiracy theory stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bongino also revealed this week that he went to great lengths to root out leakers at the agency. Among his tactics was faking details about his schedule to determine what \u201csnakes\u201d at the agency were leaking information to the media, he told Hannity. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543921\/susie-wiles-hold-meeting-secret-service-protocols-trump-events\/\"><strong>SUSIE WILES TO HOLD MEETING ABOUT SECRET SERVICE PROTOCOLS AT TRUMP EVENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to play this little game,\u201d Bongino said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were two FBIs,\u201d he added. \u201cThere was the FBI of your, you know, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/investigate\/violent-crime\/vcac\">VCAC agents<\/a>, violent crimes against children, white-collar agents \u2026 fugitive task force and some of these guys, I was just honored to be in the room. And then you had this other FBI, which was populated with, unfortunately, snakes is being nice, and it wasn\u2019t always obvious which FBI they were in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI deputy Dan Bongino says he fears retaliation after \u201cCrossfire\u201d documents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2596231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25338709842581-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[78750,41647,33116,5894,64109],"class_list":["post-2596230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-arrest-fears","tag-conservative-commentary","tag-legal-trouble","tag-politics","tag-prison-system"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25338709842581-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596234,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596230\/revisions\/2596234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}