Staff Reports
On December 17, 2025, Dan Bongino announced he will step down from his post as deputy director of the FBI effective in January 2026, ending a short but consequential chapter in the fight to reclaim our law enforcement institutions. Bongino, who was tapped by President Trump and officially took the job on March 17, 2025, accepted a thankless assignment that most career bureaucrats would refuse — trading ratings and comfort for the chance to serve his country. Conservatives should applaud a man who answered the call instead of hiding behind cable punditry when the country needed people willing to confront rot in the system. This resignation is not just a personnel change; it is a reminder of how costly it is to push back against the entrenched establishment.
Those who cheered his appointment made clear it was a direct challenge to an ossified FBI culture that too often protects secrets instead of transparency and accountability. Bongino’s tenure was marked by clashes over the handling of high-profile matters, most notably the Jeffrey Epstein files, where he pushed for answers and bumped heads with Justice Department officials who preferred silence. That fight — and the furious media spin that followed — exposed how the Deep State and legacy institutions respond when outsiders demand sunlight. If standing for truth makes you a target of the swamp, then more patriots should expect the same treatment and steel themselves accordingly.
President Trump, who appointed Bongino, suggested the deputy director might return to his media work, saying he likely wanted to go back to his show, and many conservatives hope that is true. If Bongino does re-enter the public square, he will carry the credibility of someone who tried to reform the system from the inside and did not merely blast it from the outside. The left and their media allies spent months trying to delegitimize him, but they never tested his commitment to law and order like real service did. Returning to the airwaves will give him a louder megaphone to expose what he saw and to rally the grassroots for real institutional change.
Make no mistake: Bongino was always the kind of outsider the country needed in a role traditionally reserved for career agents who were part of the problem. He prioritized investigations that mattered to everyday Americans — reopening probes into the January 6 pipe bombs, the Dobbs opinion leak, and other matters that the public has a right to see handled honestly. Those choices were the right ones, and they sent a message that the FBI should answer to the rule of law, not to partisan narratives. The predictable outrage from the media and entrenched bureaucrats only proves why outsiders must continue to push into these halls of power.
Some in conservative circles were disappointed when Bongino tempered earlier conspiratorial claims after taking official responsibility, but that shift should be viewed as integrity, not weakness. Serving in government requires evidence and restraint; it also requires courage to confront colleagues and superiors when they stonewall transparency. Bongino chose to operate within the facts once he wore the badge of office, and that discipline matters for anyone serious about restoring trust in our institutions. If anything, his tenure showed that principled Americans can govern without surrendering their convictions.
As Bongino prepares to leave in January, the conservative movement faces a choice: shrug and let careerists reclaim every agency, or double down and support more patriots who will step into the breach. This resignation should galvanize grassroots activists to demand accountability, back outsiders with courage, and never allow the swamp to normalize secrecy and cover-ups. Dan Bongino went into the belly of the beast to fight for us; whether he returns to the studio or to another public role, his example should inspire a new generation of Americans to answer the call to serve.
