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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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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.True65% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI stopped an ISIS-inspired attack in Pittsburgh this past weekend.CBS Pittsburgh reports, citing federal law enforcement officials, that the FBI thwarted an ISIS-inspired mass casualty attack by a Pennsylvania man, and the claim matches the passage. The sources do not explicitly date the arrest to the weekend before 2026-09-16, and most other sources only repeat Director Patel's own statements, so confidence is moderate.True88% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026Senator Richard Blumenthal demanded that the FBI not deploy agents to polling locations on or around Election Day.Said by AMultiple sources confirm that at the September 15, 2026 Senate Judiciary hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal pressed FBI Director Kash Patel to commit that FBI agents would not be sent to the polls on Election Day, which amounts to the demand the claim describes. Patel refused to give that commitment, so the request was made and not granted, consistent with the claim as of 2026-09-16. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage; the post's 'under any circumstances' wording is rhetorical and the sources show Blumenthal's request was for an unequivocal commitment rather than a categorical legal demand.True80% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the FBI will follow the law and send agents to polling locations if there is a violation of law.Said by 2BPatel made the statement at the September 15, 2026 Senate Judiciary hearing, and a published transcript (The Atlantic) and a second report both quote it as: "The FBI will follow the law. If there's a reason to go there because there's been a violation of the law, we will. Otherwise, we won't." The claim faithfully paraphrases this quote, with "polling locations" taken from the Blumenthal exchange that the passage responds to. Some outlets (Yahoo, Ground News) characterize this as Patel confirming or being open to deploying agents, which overstates the quote, but that framing does not contradict the statement itself. As of 2026-09-16 the statement stood, and later coverage does not reverse it.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Y2K computer bug was caused by computer systems using two digits to represent years, leading to concerns that systems would interpret the year 2000 as 1900.Multiple primary and tier-1 sources state that the Y2K bug stemmed from programs storing years with two digits, so systems could read 2000 as 1900. The post's claim matches this, and the sources also show that the feared failures largely did not occur, which the claim does not dispute.True80% confidence11 sourcesSep 16, 2026Elon Musk proposed that AI companies use each other's test harnesses to evaluate models for risks such as bioweapon development, nuclear bomb creation, or deceptive behavior.Said by 3BMultiple sources from mid-September 2026 report that Musk proposed AI labs run each other's test harnesses to check models for bioweapon, nuclear bomb, or deceptive-behavior risks, matching the claim and the quoted passage. Most sources are unrated outlets relaying CNBC and AFP reporting, so confidence is moderated; the claim does not depart from the passage.