FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino provided an update on the agency’s activities, including reopening a few pressing cases that seemed to disappear during former President Joe Biden’s administration.
-Shortly after swearing in, the Director [Kash Patel] and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest. We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention, to these cases. These cases are the DC pipe bombing investigation, the cocaine discovery at the prior administration’s White House, and the leak of the Supreme Court Dobbs case. I receive requested briefings on these cases weekly and we are making progress. If you have any investigative tips on these matters that may assist us then please contact the FBI.
On June 30, officials discovered an “unknown item” in the West Wing, forcing an immediate evacuation.
Testing identified the substance as cocaine.
The story kept changing, making everyone even more suspicious about the culprit because we all know about Hunter Biden’s problems.
The first reports stated the agents found it in the library, which could mean the residential part. Then they said they found it in a place visited by guests and staff.
One official told CBS News the agents found the cocaine “near an entrance where visitors taking tours are directed to leave their phones.”
One official told CBS News the agents found the cocaine “near an entrance where visitors taking tours are directed to leave their phones.”
How do they mix up those entrances?
Then law enforcement said they likely wouldn’t find the culprit.
Later that week the White House changed the location again. This time officials found it near the Situation Room, which is way more secure than the residential area and visitor entrances.
The story evolved more regarding the Biden family’s whereabouts.
Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted the Biden family stayed at Camp David that weekend: “As you know — and the media outlets reported this — the Biden family was not here. They were not here. They were at Camp David. They were not here Friday. They were not here Saturday. They were not here Sunday. They were not even here Monday. They came back on Tuesday. So to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible. And — and I’ll just leave it there.”
Except one pool report stated Jill Biden, Baby Beau, and Hunter Biden left the White House that Friday.
At the time, Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, reminded everyone that the White House is one of the most secure places on the planet. Only family members bypass the security checkpoint.
The Secret Service ended its investigation on July 13.
Everyone lost their minds over the Capitol Hill riot…but not the pipe bombs found in front of the DNC and RNC on January 5, 2021.
In 2023, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) demanded answers from then-FBI Director Christopher Wray over the investigation.
Massie told Wray that FBI Assistant Director Steven D’Antuono allegedly said during an “interview some of the phone data that could have helped authorities track down who was responsible for the pipe bomb was ‘corrupted’ and ‘unusable.’”
Wray wouldn’t answer if the FBI interviewed the man who alerted authorities about the bombs:
WRAY: “Well, again, I don’t want to speculate about specific individuals. I will tell you that we have done thousands of interviews, reviewed something like 40,000 video files of which this is one, assessed 500 something tips —”MASSIE: “Have you interviewed that person?“WRAY: “We — we have conducted all logical investigative steps and interviewed all logical individuals at this point.“MASSIE: “Then you need 900 days — you need to tell us what you found, because we’re finding stuff you haven’t released into the public.”
Wray evaded the questions using the age-old excuse: “cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.”
On January 2, 2025, Massie and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released a damning report on the bombing, including the FBI’s investigation.
In May 2022, a few months before SCOTUS revealed its ruling, someone leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion revealing the Court (finally) overturned Roe v. Wade.
The leak led to pro-abortion people losing their minds, vandalizing pregnancy centers, threatening Alito, defacing Catholic churches, etc.
Honestly, I’m appalled Politico published it. Yeah, it’s one of the most significant decisions in our history, but still.
Professor Jacobson said he’s never seen a SCOTUS opinion leak before. No one even leaked the Obamacare decision.
According to Jonathan Turley, an expert in Constitutional law, SCOTUS has always remained above politics…until that leak:
JONATHAN TURLEY: What is clear is that what occurred with this leak was an unspeakably unethical act, and it is unfortunately a sign of our times. We’re living in an age of rage where nothing seems inviolate anymore, no principles seems sacred, and it makes some of us feel almost naive. Even though this is a city that floats on a rolling sea of leaks, the court was always an island of integrity, and most of us didn’t think this day would come. And I’m not too sure why. Maybe it’s because we let hope triumph over experience.But the court has a long tradition that it would not yield to politics. It would not yield to dirty tricks. Somebody shattered that tradition, and the investigation that will now ensue is going to shatter the culture of the court. It’s going to take a lot to get to the bottom of this. Yes, it’s a small institution. It’s a small number of people that are likely involved. But whoever did this likely took steps to hide their tracks.
The last paragraph is important because the investigation went nowhere.
Chief Justice John Roberts put the Supreme Court Marshal in charge of the investigation, not seasoned and trained investigators like the FBI.
In January 2023, a report said SCOTUS narrowed the suspects, but nothing emerged. Many of the law clerks sought legal counsel (if you’re a law clerk at SCOTUS and didn’t seek legal counsel, then you shouldn’t be in law. ALWAYS ASK FOR LEGAL COUNSEL!)
The questions were simple and broad, which means the investigators got nowhere.
A few weeks later? SCOTUS announced it could not determine the source of the leak.
SCOTUS eventually brought in experts, but Roberts should have done that from the beginning. I bet the leaker discarded a ton of evidence.
Unless…one of the justices did it. *shrug*
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