Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is considering leaving his job after a heated confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over his frustration with how the Justice Department has handled the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a person who has spoken with Bongino and a source familiar with the interactions that Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel have had with Bondi.

“Bongino is out of control furious,” the person who has spoken with the deputy FBI director said. “This destroyed his career. He’s threatening to quit and torch Pam unless she’s fired.”

Bongino did not report to work Friday amid speculation about his whereabouts, said a source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders who also believes that Bongino is considering leaving.

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    I bet my bottom dollar, he doesn’t like working a job that requires long hours. The standard 9-5, or even longer at the fbi, is not what he signed up for. He wants to go back to making bank$$$ doing occasional sound bites for fox news and YouTube podcasts.

    This fucker is nothing but a grifter. He didn’t sign up for a real job with real consequences. He wants to go back to his easy payout gig. I take this to the grave. Charlatan and grifter, nothing more.

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      Didn’t he go on fox news and whine about how he and Patel have to work all day and they miss their families?

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      Same as Al Queda Taliban operatives taking desk jobs in Afghanistan and hating their lives.

      Be careful tearing down a system, you might need to live through the results of your actions.

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    Theater. If the FBI really thinks that Pam Bondi is tampering with or has destroyed evidence, they can arrest her, full stop. Like every other law enforcement agency in the USA, they do not need her permission or a warrant if they have probable cause that a crime has been committed.

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      I can’t see Trump firing her, because she knows exactly how to play the game. Bongino is acting like his honest opinion matters, but the only thing that matters is framing things in a way that Trump finds flattering

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      “Since you have been in office, President Trump, your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills, 3,400 kilos of fentanyl, which saved—are you ready for this, media?—258 million lives.” Yes, she turned to the camera for the aside to the media.

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            The demand isn’t there, that’s supply side. Just because drug A could potentially kill this many people, doesn’t mean it will, as those drugs are used by a select few, usually people who have a high tolerance. I assume you already know this, just putting it out there for the people who believe their bullshit.

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              It bears repeating, even places like this one. I’ve run into shocking amounts of innumeracy and utter lack of critical thinking - in addition to illiteracy. In the United States, as least.

              I remember kids in school dunking on “book learning” and that they valued “street smarts”. These are exactly the types that are now “doing their own research” on things, but completely without any of the fundamental building blocks to separate the wheat from the chaff, other than by vibes.

              If our education systems was beyond the reach of conservative/Republican monsters, children would be well-served by teachers that hand out something like this as an essay-type question to explain why the claim is suspect - and have them show their work. You’d get to cover critical thinking, media literacy as well as some basic math all in one fell swoop. I’m sure lots more instances could be found over the years, plucked straight from news articles…

              In our current education landscape, all it would take is one snowflake to tell mommy and/or daddy that are infected with fauxbrain, and that teacher would be fired for “indoctrinating” their children with intelligence, I guess…

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    He’s already made statements well before this that he basically hates his job. This allows him to go out self-righteously

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    They should have an old fashioned duel to see who quits. Maybe if we’re lucky they’ll both lose.

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    These people have no idea where on Trump/Suzie Wiles rank they are.

    Dan would have been down the bottom somewhere.

    You’re fired!

    You vote for a reality TV personality, you get reality TV