"One of the most prominent backers of that claim was the podcaster and radio host Dan Bongino. Even the Fox News host Sean Hannity, one of the administration's most sycophantic pundits, had to point this out during an interview on Thursday night, noting that before joining the FBI, Bongino had called the bombs an " inside job." Bongino's answer was astonishing."
""I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions, that's clear, and one day I will be back in that space-but that's not what I'm paid for now," he said. "I'm paid to be your deputy director, and we base investigations on facts." Some liberal critics have been braying for years that the conservative press is full of hacks who will say anything in order to froth up their audience, regardless of truth."
The FBI announced the arrest of a suspect who placed nonexploding pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC in January 2021. The suspect reportedly told investigators he supported Donald Trump and believed false 2020-election fraud claims. Many in conservative media long claimed the bombs were an inside job staged to harm Trump. Dan Bongino, who previously promoted that theory, now serves as an FBI deputy director and stated he had been paid for opinions in the past but is now paid to conduct fact-based investigations. Critics argue that partisan outlets have trafficked in rage bait and misinformation.
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