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The Dan Bongino Show
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The Dan Bongino Show delivers no-nonsense analysis of the day’s most important political and cultural stories. Hosted by the former Deputy Director of the FBI, former Secret Service agent, NYPD officer, and bestselling author Dan Bongino, the show cuts through media spin with facts, accountability, and unapologetic conviction. Whether it’s exposing government overreach, defending constitutional freedoms, or connecting the dots the mainstream media ignores, The Dan Bongino Show provides in-depth analysis of the issues shaping America today. Each episode features sharp commentary, deep dives into breaking news, and behind-the-scenes insight you won’t hear anywhere else. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-bongino-show/id965293227?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sftHO603JaFqpuQBEZReL?si=PBlx46DyS5KxCuCXMOrQvw Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/bongino?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v4_sa_o
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True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026Bill Bratton served as the police chief in New York.Said by AMultiple reliable sources confirm Bill Bratton served as New York's police commissioner, in 1994–1996 under Mayor Giuliani and again from January 2014 to September 2016 under Mayor de Blasio. The claim's wording matches the passage, which refers to him as the police chief in New York.True60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Records regarding the Butler assassination attempt were turned over to Senator Grassley in March.Said by AA Fox News report (tier3) states that the records about the Butler assassination attempt were turned over to Sen. Chuck Grassley in March, and the claim matches the passage's wording. The Huckabee Post says the FBI gave the documents to Dan Bongino in March, which is a different recipient and does not contradict the Grassley account, and the other sources do not give a date.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of violent gang members arrested by the FBI is up 30%.Said by 2BThe 30% increase is reported consistently by the White House, FBI Director Patel's Senate testimony, and the FBI's own October post, all tied to the same 18-month comparison. The sources frame the figure as 'disrupted' gangs and criminal enterprises in the testimony and FBI post, not strictly 'arrested' gang members, and the FBI post's 4,639 count for disruptions differs sharply from the 31,000 figure, so the measure is not fully clear, and all of it traces to the FBI and administration.True70% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has identified 11,081 child victims.The claim matches the FBI's own reporting of 11,081 child victims located and identified since January 2025, confirmed in Director Patel's Senate testimony and hearing transcripts. The sources come largely from the FBI itself, and the testimony says 'identified and/or located,' so the figure is an agency count rather than independently verified; the claim also drops 'located,' a narrowing that does not change the core assertion.True60% confidence3 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has removed 3,258 kilograms of fentanyl.Said by 2BThe only source giving the exact 3,258 kg figure is a September 16, 2026 FBI oversight hearing transcript, where the post's own words repeat it. Sen. Kennedy's exchange with Director Patel, who answered 'Yep,' confirms the FBI has seized more than 3,200 kg since January 2025, which is consistent with 3,258 kg; no source contradicts it.True60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has arrested 5,072 child predators and human traffickers.Said by 2BThe 5,072 figure is the FBI's own count, stated by Director Patel at the September 15, 2026 Senate hearing (transcripts from CNN and PBS confirm the wording). His later sworn testimony says the FBI arrested 'over 5,000' child predators and human traffickers since January 2025, a 13% increase, which is consistent with the figure. Fox and Yahoo report a larger 'just over 6,000' for a different 21-month window, which is a different scope rather than a contradiction, and the claim carries no timeframe. The claim's 'The FBI' is the post's 'this FBI' and needs no change.True92% confidence8 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of child predators and human traffickers arrested by the FBI is up 13%.Said by 2BThe FBI's own website, FBI Director Patel's Senate testimony, and Chairman Grassley's hearing release all report over 5,000 (5,072 on the FBI site) child predator and human trafficker arrests, up 13% from the preceding 18-month period. The extraction faithfully matches the post's figures; the 13% is a comparison to the prior 18 months, and later sources reporting about 6,000 arrests over 21 months at the same 13% rate do not contradict it.True55% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of foreign transfers of custody executed by the FBI is up 54%.Said by 2BThe 54% figure for foreign transfers of custody (86 FTOCs) is reported consistently by the FBI and by Fox News Digital, which attributes it to FBI data. No source contradicts it, but it rests on the FBI's own self-reported figures rather than an independent audit, and the sources compare it against an 18-month prior period rather than a 2025 calendar-year baseline.True60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of foreign terrorist organization-related aliens arrested by the FBI is up 38%.Said by 2BThe FBI and its director repeatedly report that foreign terrorist organization-related arrests rose 38% over the prior 18-month period, and the extraction matches the post's own "That's up 38%" about the 4,260 arrests. The 38% figure comes from Patel's own remarks and is repeated in a DOJ release, so it is not independently verified; Patel's prepared written testimony instead gives 42%, a close discrepancy in magnitude that does not reverse the direction.True85% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America according to the Uniform Crime Report.Said by 2BThe FBI's 2025 Uniform Crime Report shows an 18.1% drop in the murder rate, the largest year-to-year decrease since the FBI began national estimates in 1936, so the claim is supported. The FBI's own release frames the record as one for violent crime overall, and the murder-specific record comes from NBC, USA Today and the Washington Post, which all report it. The claim's 'history of America' wording is a slightly broader framing of the 1936-onward record, and the claim matches the passage faithfully.True60% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI captured a fugitive in Venezuela this past weekend who had been on the most wanted list for years.Said by 2BMultiple outlets reporting on FBI Director Kash Patel's Senate testimony in September 2026 say the FBI captured Aníbal Alexander Canelón Aguirre in Venezuela over the weekend before the announcement, and that he had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for years. The claim matches the post's wording, and the AP article (source 2) concerns a different man, Alvaro Pulido. Confidence is capped because the reports trace back to Patel's own announcement and US authorities gave no further details on the capture.True60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI stopped terrorist attacks in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.Said by 2BThe FBI's own September 2026 Senate testimony lists four disruptions in December 2025 in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, and independent AP and Reuters reporting confirms the North Carolina plot was thwarted, with no source contradicting the claim. The claim drops the December 2025 timeframe, which the post supplies, and the Texas and Pennsylvania cases rest mainly on the FBI's own account, described as disruptions or arrests rather than detailed attack plots.