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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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Mixed45% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026In the three months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the spot price of gold increased by over 12%.Said by ANo source directly measures gold's change over the three months before the November 5, 2024 election, so the claim can only be estimated from monthly data. Those estimates vary by measure: compounding COMEX monthly changes from source [2] gives roughly +13% for August through October, while monthly-average figures in [6] give roughly +9% from August to October and about +12% from July. The claimed 12% sits within that range, so the verdict depends on the measure used.Mixed55% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has arrested 54,000 violent criminals since the beginning of the Trump administration.Said by 2BThe 54,000 figure is the FBI's and White House's own count, repeated across primary and official statements, so the claim is supported on the bureau's measure. MS NOW and Raw Story report that this count includes arrests by state, local and other federal agencies when an FBI employee was present, and the FBI acknowledges many of those are not its cases, so the figure fails under a stricter FBI-case measure. A later FBI release also cites 47,000 arrests over 21 months, which is not reconciled with the 54,000 figure.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of violent criminals arrested by the FBI is up 90% compared to the 18-month period prior to the Trump administration.Said by 2BThe 54,000 arrests and 90% increase are supported as the FBI's official count (White House release and Patel's Senate testimony), but MS NOW's review of DOJ data says that count includes state, local, and other federal arrests made when an FBI employee was present, and that the FBI made fewer violent-criminal cases than in the Biden period. The figure holds on the official measure and fails on an FBI-only measure. The claim also departs slightly from the post, which says 'up 90% from the 18 month year period prior to that' without naming the Trump administration as the baseline, but that is a faithful paraphrase.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has executed 86 foreign transfers of custody for perps captured overseas in 2025.Said by 2BThe figure of 86 foreign transfers of custody is reported consistently across several outlets, citing FBI data. However, the sources describe the 86 as a total over Patel's first 18 months in office, not as a count for calendar year 2025, so the 2025 timeframe is contradicted.Mixed50% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of foreign transfers of custody executed by the FBI increased by 54% in 2025.Said by 2BThe 54% figure and the 86 transfers appear consistently in the FBI-sourced Fox News reporting and the hearing transcripts, but the sources measure the increase over Patel's first 18 months against the last 18 months of the Biden administration, not as a 2025 year-over-year increase. The claim's '2025' timeframe and baseline therefore don't match the record, and the figures rest on FBI statements rather than independent data.Mixed55% confidence3 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI captured ten of the top ten most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list.Said by 2BRead literally, the claim says the FBI has captured all ten entries currently on its Ten Most Wanted list, and sources contradict that, since the live list still showed ten entries including an uncaptured fugitive in August 2026. Read as the post intended, that the FBI has captured ten Top Ten fugitives during this administration, the record supports it: a Fox report dated 2026-10-28 says ten were apprehended, but that is after the 2026-09-16 posting date and the 0.4-credibility outlets are the only ones giving that count.Mixed55% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The violent crime rate is the lowest it has been in American history.Said by AThe record supports the claim for murder: the FBI reports the 2025 murder rate of 4.1 per 100,000 tied the lowest since FBI national estimates began. For overall violent crime, sources place the rate at its lowest since 1969 (BBC, for 2024) and 'near multi-decade lows' (Oklahoma Watch), not as the lowest in American history. Factcheck.org also rejects the framing of the 2025 drop as a Trump-era turnaround, though it does not dispute the level. The 2025 decline of 9.3% may put the rate below 1969 levels, but no source says so directly.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026Murders have dropped to the lowest rate in 90 years.Said by AThe FBI's 2025 data supports that the murder rate fell to its lowest level on record (4.1 per 100,000, tied with 1955-56 and the lowest since 1900), but the sources tie the "90 years" figure to the record-largest violent-crime drop since 1936, not to the murder rate's low. The claim's time frame is therefore understated relative to the record, though the basic claim is not contradicted; as of the 2026-09-16 post, the data had been released on 2026-08-14.Mixed45% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Donald Trump is a consensus seeker who consults with Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, open source developers, silicon chip makers, and Jensen Huang regarding technology policy.Said by AThe record shows Trump meeting and signing an accord with Amodei, Musk and Huang, and phoning Huang, but as of the 2026-09-16 posting date it mostly shows him rejecting Amodei, Altman and Musk's calls for oversight and echoing Huang. The 'consensus seeker' label is the claimant's opinion, and no source addresses consultation with open source developers or chip makers beyond Huang; the extraction matches the post's own wording.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI under Director Kash Patel does not allow individuals who have engaged in bestiality to be employed as FBI agents.Read as the post intended (someone who voluntarily engaged in bestiality is barred from FBI employment), the record supports the claim: Patel testified that voluntary participants are still disqualified, and ThePrint reports he answered 'No' when asked whether someone who had sex with an animal could become an agent. Read literally ('does not allow individuals who have engaged in bestiality'), the claim is contradicted: AP and others report the FBI now lets some applicants who engaged in bestiality, namely trafficking victims, be considered rather than automatically disqualified. The claim departs from the passage only in its broad 'individuals who have engaged' wording, which the post's 'if you engaged' framing narrows to voluntary conduct. As of 2026-09-16, the policy was as described.Mixed70% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI and its partners have arrested two illegal aliens in Louisiana charged with fraudulent voter registration.Said by AThe record supports that the FBI and DOJ charged two people in Louisiana in a case involving fraudulent voter registration, but it contradicts the claim that both were illegal aliens. The DOJ release describes one non-citizen (Wedderburn, charged with voting by an alien) and a separate Louisiana individual (Johnson) charged with fraudulently registering him, with no indication Johnson is an alien. The claim also drops the post's 'two more' framing, which is a faithful-enough paraphrase and not graded against it.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026There have been six charges of fraudulent voter registration across three individuals in Louisiana in the last week.Said by AThe DOJ and Attorney General Blanche reported six individuals charged across three states (California, Kansas, Louisiana) in the week before September 14, 2026, which matches the post's 'sixth such charge across three' wording. The claim places all six charges in Louisiana, but the sources show only two Louisiana defendants, so the Louisiana scope is contradicted and the claim departs from the passage's apparent multi-state meaning.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.