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Dan Bongino at a charity hockey game, March 2025

Dan Bongino

Former FBI Deputy Director

2 findings

What the labels mean
  1. ConvictedA criminal jury found them guilty.
  2. Found liableA civil jury ruled against them.
  3. Court ruledA judge ruled against them or their policy.
  4. Watchdog foundAn inspector general, Congress's auditors at the GAO or UN investigators.
  5. AdmittedThey acknowledged it, or their own government's records and court filings show it.
  6. On recordSomething they said or did in public.
  7. ReportedNews reporting they deny or haven't confirmed.
  8. AllegedAccusations in lawsuits, complaints or from sources. Unproven.

Admitted or on record 2

  1. Admitted

    “I made it up. It was a total lie.”

    He said that while in office he planted a fake story inside the FBI to catch a leaker. He said it on a podcast after leaving.

    Sources: HuffPost

  2. On record

    He spent years hinting Epstein was murdered. In office, he said Epstein killed himself.

    Sources: NBC News