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The Dan Bongino Show

Shake-Up In The White House Press Room (Ep. 2431)

Wed, 26 Feb 2025

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The leftist media has spun their last story as the White House is finally taking a stand against the rampant misinformation. In this episode, I'll discuss how the White House is dismantling the propaganda engine that is leftist media and is now leaving the floor open to sources chosen by the people. Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money Ukraine agrees to minerals deal with US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chapter 1: What is the upcoming program featuring Haley Karania?

10.953 - 39.414 Dan Bongino

I just want to announce again, we have the launch of a very special program coming at 6 p.m. Eastern time very soon. We are on a express train timeline to get it launched. You are going to love her. Haley Karania coming soon. The Nightly Scroll with Haley. She is amazing. Make sure you follow her online. on X, on Truth, on Instagram, on Facebook. It's Haley, H-A-Y-L-E-Y, Karenia, C-A-R-O-N-I-A.

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39.834 - 60.772 Dan Bongino

She is a diehard conservative. She knows what's going on behind the scenes. She's worked in a lot of different places. She's worked with the great people over at Outkick, Clay Travis's operation. She worked at Fox for years, producing some of the more conservative shows. I've known her forever. She's amazing. Get ready. Today's show sponsored by Beam. Go to shopbeam.com slash Bongino.

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123.107 - 145.035 Dan Bongino

So as I was saying before, to media folks reaching out, I'm not going to answer the question again. The last show will be March 14th. I've only got a couple of days with you all. I've got about 10 more shows left, have to take some days off. Every day is tough. It gets tougher and tougher to know we're going to have to depart from each other for some time. It's tearing the heart out of me.

Chapter 2: How is Dan Bongino transitioning to a nonpartisan role?

145.495 - 168.312 Dan Bongino

But I'm sorry, again, I'm not answering the question about how I intend on going from a political commentator to a nonpartisan job like the FBI. I already did it once before. I was a nonpartisan actor in the Secret Service working for Democrat and Republican administrations. Stop asking. It's not my fault you can't do that and swear an oath and put your opinions to the side. That's your issue.

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168.552 - 179.962 Dan Bongino

Stop projecting that issue onto me. OK, moving on. I want to thank Caroline Levitt. She gave a really nice answer yesterday when asked this same question in the press room. Check this out.

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Chapter 3: What insights does Caroline Levitt provide about Dan Bongino?

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The FBI director, Kash Patel, informed Republican senators that it would be an individual named as the deputy who was a special agent currently at the FBI. And of course, Mr. Bongino is not. What was the reason for naming Mr. Bongino to this position? And Was Mr. Patel not correct in making that assurance to those senators? MS.

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205.48 - 223.787 Caroline Levitt

I'm not sure if anybody in this room has listened to Mr. Bongino when he talks about the past corruption at the FBI, when he talks about his experience serving for the United States Secret Service. This is a man who loves his country and who has honorably served our country in ways that many people have not.

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224.167 - 246.013 Caroline Levitt

He understands the depth of the corruption at these institutions, which the American people re-elected President Trump to shake up. And I think it's quite despicable to see many networks in this room who have had chyrons on their television screens labeling Mr. Bongino as a far-right podcaster. He is not. He is a former law enforcement agent.

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246.253 - 262.232 Caroline Levitt

He is a former Secret Service agent who put his life on the line to protect this country. And that is why the President of the United States has entrusted him for this important role. He's also an outsider to this Washington swamp. And we often see that when outsiders are appointed, to such coveted positions.

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262.252 - 275.281 Caroline Levitt

A lot of people in this city get very, very nervous, and they should be, because Dan Bongino and Kash Patel and Attorney General Bondi are focused on rooting out the corruption at these agencies and ending the weaponization of government once and for all.

275.982 - 296.944 Dan Bongino

You're damn right I am. Thank you, Caroline. I deeply appreciate the kind words. That's very nice of you to say. You know, folks, dealing with... Travel requirements in my line of work in the Secret Service before I came over here is one of the toughest things I've ever done.

297.004 - 323.106 Dan Bongino

Watching my young daughter at the time, who's now in college, but back then was very young, crying every time the suitcase came out was a really big deal. That was work I did for a Democrat president. Did it matter to me that he was a Democrat? No. No. I'm really sorry you can't swear an oath and do that. Media people who've asked me this question repeatedly.

325.607 - 342.782 Dan Bongino

It's frustrating beyond imagination to have to deal with people who can't think outside their own box. On a lighter note, I want to move on. I want to spend the whole week. I've only got about 10 shows left with you guys, 10, 11 shows. I do have to, again, take a couple of days off. I have to travel up to DC and get some stuff done.

343.162 - 358.13 Dan Bongino

There is a pretty extensive paperwork requirement you have to go through for backgrounds and things like that. I'm sure you guys can imagine. Many of you out there have been government employees. It's some of the same paperwork. There's not like a special set of paperwork for people. It's the same paperwork.

Chapter 4: What makes White House tours unique?

375.716 - 397.204 Dan Bongino

Here is president Trump. The white house tours have finally reopened. Thank you. Melania Trump's office who I hear had a big role in that. It's the people's house that we own it. We bought it. There should be White House tours in there. This happened. President Trump wanted to go and greet everyone. I'm going to tell you the inside scoop on this after you see this is very unusual. Check this out.

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397.284 - 418.711 Donald Trump

But I want to thank you very much for coming. The tour is so great. Such a good job. First lady worked very hard to make it perfect. And I think you're going to really love it. And I heard you were here, and I said, let's stop by and say hello. Very smart looking people, I must say. Very smart. Maybe someday you'll be here as a president, right? Somebody in this group has a chance.

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419.612 - 426.518 Donald Trump

Have a good time. Have a great tour. And you're going to give them a special tour, OK? You're going to get a special tour. Have fun, everybody.

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437.222 - 461.239 Dan Bongino

So just so you know why this is so, one, let's just state the obvious. That's so President Trump for him to do, to take time out of his day and go and say hello to people. U.S. citizens, obviously, people visiting the White House, just happy to be there. But you may say to yourself, if you've never been inside the complex, the 18-acre White House complex there, well, what's the big deal?

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461.299 - 482.499 Dan Bongino

His office is like right next door. Just go say hello. No, that's not what happens. I don't know if you know this, but there are two tours. I'm going to let you in on some inside baseball here. You really want a tour? You want the West Wing tour. They're hard to get. I don't want to say you got to know someone, but they're really difficult to get because they won.

482.519 - 504.265 Dan Bongino

They don't do tours in the West Wing, obviously, when the president's there on work hours. So they may do them after hours and on the weekends. But there are very, very limited slots. The West Wing of the White House, which is the western portion, obviously, is where all the work happens. There are TV shows about it. The West Wing, you don't know what the West Wing is.

504.525 - 525.157 Dan Bongino

You got the Oval Office over there. You have the Cabinet Room, Roosevelt Room. You have Vice President's Office, the Chief of Staff. There's the White House messes over there where everybody eats. That's all in the West Wing. That's not really close to where that is. I know that area well. That's the East Wing. Above it is the residence.

525.517 - 542.668 Dan Bongino

You have the two floors above it are the residence, but that floor there, the ground floor and the downstairs, that's where the tour, that's where you're allowed in. That's a cool tour. Don't get me wrong. There's a ton of history there. The East Wing tour, though, there are a lot of spots. I think you got to call your congressman or something to get on the list.

543.069 - 561.359 Dan Bongino

But the president almost never goes over there. Matter of fact, if you watch that video again, you'll notice there's a little divider he walks around. That divider is there for a reason, because that's the hallway the president goes up to his residence in when he's done with his workday in the West Wing, and they don't want anybody to see him.

Chapter 5: What are Steve Friend's insights on the FBI's internal issues?

615.137 - 631.527 Dan Bongino

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679.135 - 700.321 Dan Bongino

It's going to take a couple weeks. I know you all are stunned by that. But again, pretend to do some act of journalism. It is not unusual for a business in this space to have an ad-supported revenue model that keeps it free for people. Pretending to be stumped. This was an interesting clip I saw on the Benny Johnson show. Steve Friend is an FBI agent. I believe he's no longer with the Bureau.

702.082 - 714.206 Dan Bongino

And he's got an interesting book on the matter as well, so why isn't it there? But this is a fascinating take on what some sources are telling him may be going on inside the FBI, which obviously I took an interest in checking this out. Take a listen.

714.414 - 734.9 Steve Friend

I am very familiar with the subterfuge that's going on, that's been going on just even outside of the context of destroying classified material. You talk about the ICE raids and the fact that all the different federal law enforcement agencies have been tapped to assist with the deportations of the illegal aliens and the resistance that has existed inside my ex-girlfriend over at the FBI.

735.8 - 750.705 Steve Friend

Different people have come to me with stories about the fact that there are open conversations in the office where they say, well, if you don't want to do it, if you have a moral objection, you don't have to do it. And what are your thoughts on people who do? And then people will openly say, I think you're a Nazi if you do that.

750.785 - 760.408 Steve Friend

And then after that, they'll say, hey, by the way, we're looking for a volunteer who wants to go on this raid. So if you raise your hand, everybody just says, oh, that's a MAGA Nazi. And you're going to have the target on your back at that point.

Chapter 6: How is Kristi Noem addressing information leaks?

944.228 - 973.168 Dan Bongino

Of course they're not going to do that. It's their job in the executive branch to act as an executive and keep information integrity alive. You thought there wasn't going to be some follow-up to this? Secretary Noem's not having it. And I think they're establishing a standard right away. Your job is at risk if you do this. Tulsi Gabbard's another. He's got, really at this point, the dream cabinet.

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973.768 - 998.497 Dan Bongino

And he's got, finally, a real diversity of viewpoints, but diversity that matters, not diversity the way the woke left uses it. Tulsi Gabbard's currently serving as a DNI post-confirmation. And a monster story broke about sex chats amongst people in sensitive intelligence positions in the NSA. Again, folks, your personal private time, you do you, man.

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998.737 - 1015.162 Dan Bongino

I'm not there to criticize your lifestyle if you're not breaking the law. Whatever you want, you do, as long as you're not breaking the law or infringing on anyone else's rights and liberties. However, government time, sensitive information. No dice. Tulsi Gabbard's not having it either. Check this out.

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1015.562 - 1022.089 Jesse Watters

Not so good to see some of these transgender sex chats among the intel officials. What are we going to do about that?

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1024.068 - 1041.264 Tulsi Gabbard

Well, Jesse, what we're going to do has already been done. There are over 100 people from across the intelligence community that contributed to and participated in this. What is really just an egregious violation of trust? What to speak of like basic rules and standards around professionalism?

1041.744 - 1048.551 Tulsi Gabbard

I put out a directive today that they all will be terminated and their security clearances will be revoked.

1049.986 - 1069.932 Dan Bongino

I mean, this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody, ladies and gentlemen. There's accountability in any job. Nobody's angry at people who go and work for the government. We're angry at people who are not working for the government and taking your taxpayer dollars. Shouldn't be hard to figure out.

1071.055 - 1093.688 Dan Bongino

Why are so many Americans now getting behind this Elon Musk, Trump administration, is it Amy Gleeson effort in the Doge to make government more efficiently operate on taxpayer funds? Because they know, because they've been operating in the private sector forever, where if you waste money, get caught, or do this kind of stuff on company time, you actually get fired. This isn't new to them.

1094.669 - 1123.094 Dan Bongino

Why are you acting surprised? By the way, thank you all for following Haley. I just, Haley, we're a new show launching soon, 6 p.m. Eastern time, Nightly Scroll with Haley Karania. She is at Haley Karania on X-H-A-Y-L-E-Y-C-A-R-O-N-I-A. Haley Karania with a C. She's up to 25,000 followers. I just retweeted her. So that is really fantastic. Thank you guys so much. You're the best for it.

Chapter 7: What changes are happening in the Republican Party under Trump?

1363.98 - 1380.125 Dan Bongino

I get what he's trying to do, but this is one of those letting the enemy, the perfect be the enemy, the good thing. I understand. However, we're dealing with slim majorities. I'm dealing with the world we live in, not the world we'd want to live in. But I understand the principle. I've been a fan of cutting government spending for a long time.

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1380.825 - 1394.272 Dan Bongino

Speaker Johnson, unbelievably, got this thing through last night. This got it passed to start this thing. Here he was right afterwards. This is a big bill that will actually really change America if this thing passes. Check this out.

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1394.392 - 1400.415 Reporter

Speaker, do you have the votes? How much work are you going to have to do out there on the floor to make sure you can actually get there?

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1400.795 - 1401.475 Unknown Speaker

I think we've got it.

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1402.276 - 1403.616 Reporter

You think you've already blocked it down?

1404.537 - 1405.017 Unknown Speaker

I do. Yeah.

1406.457 - 1410.521 Steve Friend

Is the Senate's resolution plan B?

1410.682 - 1413.384 Unknown Speaker

There's no plan B. This is the only plan we're running with.

1413.665 - 1416.047 Dan Bongino

Are you worried you'll lose the president's trust if it fails?

Chapter 8: What is the significance of the recent legislative developments?

1548.69 - 1567.763 Dan Bongino

Also, it affords you the opportunity to tell everyone up there on the House side, because they're not going to get any Democrat votes, hey, listen, this big bill, everybody's going to have to take it on the chin a little bit. Not everybody's going to get what they want. And you don't have so much infighting with it. I think the big bill is the way to go. Amazingly, the AP came out with this story.

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1568.363 - 1593.052 Dan Bongino

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's Doge are expected to produce no savings. I would be stunned to see how they got mad. Is this one of those like scoring things they do with the CPO where they magically tell you tax cuts cost the government revenue? but cannot produce a single data set of examples long-term showing that income tax cuts cost the government revenue.

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1593.332 - 1608.458 Dan Bongino

Not really sure how that works. I'm not sure where they got the math from, but Guy says he has a, wait, wait, you have something over there? You said there's a, I don't know what this is. Guy says there was a math lesson previously on how this works, and it was on, was it NBC one time? I may have missed this, so let me hear this.

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1608.978 - 1614.22 Announcer

You see it as a possibility if he wants to spend a billion bucks beating this guy, he could do it.

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1614.87 - 1622.316 Unknown Speaker

Absolutely. Somebody tweeted recently that actually with the money he spent, he could have given every American a million dollars. Got it.

1622.356 - 1638.629 Announcer

Let's put it up on the screen. Bloomberg spent 500 million on ads. U.S. population, 327 million. Don't tell us if you're ahead of us on the math. He could have given each American one million dollars and have had lunch money left over. It's an incredible way of putting it.

1639.009 - 1640.911 Unknown Speaker

It's an incredible way of putting it.

1643.086 - 1659.034 Dan Bongino

Yeah, it is incredible because I don't know where you got that math from. I'm not sure. You know, there's a calculator. Do you have it on your phone, guys? You have a calculator app? Because I'm pretty sure it's standard on just about every phone. What do you have? You have an iPhone. You have one of those Google phones, Android phones.

1659.074 - 1678.474 Dan Bongino

I'm reasonably confident there's a calculator app, and it can do complicated calculations. And the crazy thing is it does it like that. You even got ChatGPT and Grok. You can ask them questions like, hey, can you do this math for me? I didn't know you guys still had that running around, by the way. Good call on that one. Mary Gay, Brian Williams, man. They're making a big mistake here, too.

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