"At least now he has his "everything" back. On Monday morning, Bongino hosted his podcast for the first time in eight months, which is how long he stayed at the FBI. On-camera on the right-wing streaming network Rumble, Bongino was ecstatic to be in front of the mic again. "I really did miss you all. It's been a crazy year," he said to the roughly 220,000 people tuning in. "The podfather is back.""
"Bongino, who admitted he and his wife were "struggling" with his FBI stint, said he was happy to be back with her in Florida. Mostly though, he spent his first two hours back trash-talking those who had doubted him. He referred to his detractors in the press as "disgruntled swamp rats" and the "hack, goon, life-loser media." No matter what he did at the FBI, he said, he felt he would be misunderstood by "18-year-old Washington Post writers""
Dan Bongino ran unsuccessfully for the Senate and the House in three straight cycles across two states before moving into podcasting during the first Trump term. He served as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for eight months and said he did not enjoy the role, adding that he gave up everything for it. He returned to hosting his podcast on Rumble to roughly 220,000 viewers and declared he missed his audience. He and his wife struggled during the FBI stint and he said he was happy to be back in Florida. In his first show back he aggressively attacked journalists and taunted political insiders, while noting that reporters' presence still mattered to him.
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