maria: give us your reaction to kash patel and dan bongino running the fbi.ct things to change, where will the priorities be? >> if you look at both with of these individuals, they were heavily involved in the russia hoax and made it available for the american people. you know, kash, of course, being our lead investigator focused on following the money. so they know about the abuses of the fbi, they know about the abuses of the department of justice. but at the end of the day, the these are both real haw men that are smart -- law men that i think are going to reinvigorate the fbi. and this is at a time when nobody's talking about this, but they should be. because we had this wide open border for the last four years, there is a counterterrorism problem in this country of which we've never seen. think about it, 200 countries around the globe, and i guarantee you there are people from every single one of those countries of which dozens and dozens of them don't like the united states of america. so i think both director patel and dan bongino are going to have to

john, what does dan bongino comment signal about the future of the fbi?ow do you think it's likely to be received by fbi agents, including those at the new york field office? >> well, it's clearly a threat. there's no other way to dress that up. which is get with the program. but if we feel that you are resisting, even if it's because you think you're being asked to do something wrong, then you will be dealt with. so they're setting the examples. they're leaving the bodies in full view for others to see. and frankly, as a former assistant director of the fbi, i actually find it a little disturbing that the deputy director of the fbi to be is using a quote from the proud boys, which essentially is a gang that was convicted in court of serious crimes before being pardoned as his slogan for how to keep people in line. >> what do you make of special agent dennehy being forced to retire instead of being outright fired? could that mean that he'll need to keep a lid on any criticism of the trump administration if he wants to get his pension? is that is that the

you put that imposter syndrome in your pocket because look at dan bongino.ugh. he's not going to go to the fbi until after he winds down his right wing podcast that is ending next week. and unlike every other deputy director that came before him in the agency's history, bongino will be the first to have never worked a day at the fbi. joining me now is someone that actually knows something about the fbi is frank figliuzzi. he's msnbc senior national security analyst, and he is a former fbi official. frank, i just i don't even know what to say. >> i hear the frustration in your voice, and i can tell you it's being echoed throughout much of the fbi community. certainly my own thoughts. look, it's sad. that i'm about what i'm about to say, which is that his lack of qualifications professionally is the least of my concerns. what is my chief concern is that we now have with him two conspiracy theorists leading the fbi. he has repeatedly claimed that the fbi planned and executed the insurrection on january 6th, as you just played, that indeed, they rigged the presi

he's a former secret service agent, a podcaster and a right wing media personality named dan bongino. that reporting reveals his intense interest with conspiracy theories about the fbi, however baseless, as long as they serve the narratives pushed by donald trump about a justice system seemingly weaponized against him. new york times reports this, quote bongino's precise plans for the agency remain opaque, but on recent podcasts, he has said he would rid the agency of politicization and focus on crimes like drug dealing. despite the bureau's broad mandate to protect national security, investigate crimes and root out corruption by public officials at all levels, bongino has frequently focused on fbi officials who, in his mind, showed disloyalty to trump by pursuing investigations against him or his supporters. here's what he said after trump was indicted in the classified documents case. >> we fire. >> everyone who. >> stood by. >> we don't just. fire the people who did this. everyone who stood by and did nothing. >> while the department. >> of justice and the fbi been ravaged. ravaged

>> 800 821 4000. >> in our law and justice, lead maga podcaster and former secret service agent dan bongino is not starting his fbi deputy director job until later this month, likely because he's still got obligations, financial obligations for his podcast. meanwhile, fbi, fbi employees are bracing for his arrival, giving given bongino past ire and criticism of the agency. criticism. he often aired out on his podcast. take a listen. >> this agency serves no good. >> purpose anymore. the agency. >> needs to be disbanded. >> the funding, like i said, expand the funding. i'm not about they're not you're not funding law enforcement. you're not funding democrat party bar bouncers. >> the fbi is an absolute disaster. it is an abomination. >> to the country. >> the corruption needs to be. >> immediately defunded. the fbi. >> should not no no longer exist as it's constituted now. >> but bongino is going to be deputy director of the fbi as he prepares for his show to end. he wants to make it clear that his opinionated role on the podcast will be separate and distinct from his new position at the fbi

we are prioritizing, you know, the dan bongino of the world who are posting proud boys references. you know, as this is happening over a dedicated, proven leader, somebody who's committed himself to the service of this country for his life at great sacrifice to himself and his family. he is a consummate marine, a consummate fbi agent and polished professional and well regarded throughout the fbi at every level and across federal, state and local partners. it is the fbi is a lesser organization without james dennehy, and the country is less safe without people like him. >> i mean, he was clearly outspoken in support of the fbi against the administration. he wanted workers to dig in to keep fighting. was that the right move? >> so james dennehy was not speaking out against the administration. he was speaking up for his people and for justice. he was demonstrating what you expect out of a leader. that's what he was doing. that's what brian driscoll was doing. and robert kissane and others. and the fbi is full of people just like this. um, not full of the enrico terios or stuart rhodes

it includes a bunch of men who who look like dan bongino and joe rogan. know who they all are, but they're very the masculinity seems to be the beginning, the middle and the end of all their stories. here's how weak the republicans and trump look in front of their own voters. this is a caller to the mark levin radio show, and some voters in a trump district, a district trump won 5247. >> one thing that's really disturbed me today is all the people who are blaming zelensky like he's the problem, like he's the villain in this story and he's not. it's putin. >> i mean, russia. >> invaded ukraine. ukraine did not invade russia. and i am just perplexed at all these people who are saying. that zelensky is a crook or that ukraine wants war. >> listen. >> everybody's freaking out. >> yeah. >> everybody's like, you know, i'm mr. like, let's work together. >> let's try and find common ground. >> and what. >> happened in the white house yesterday? >> i was so. off. >> that it was just so. >> arrogant. >> i think you had to get that out of your system. i wanted you t

dan bongino is about working out in the hughes ufc fan inspired to try the training. >> incredible, who you have to go to the ufc, have you seen that guy? is a meathead, he trains mixed martial arts so they can instructor but to be serious for a second, 40000 fbi employees roughly 12, 14000 are issued a gun to go out and do their job. this saves lives, to train and expect from your agents in the field that are armed and going to situations to subdue someone with their hands in the marine corps put a lot of emphasis on this, it saves lives, it may save the purpose life even. >> in the military they are trying to get people back in shape because they felt the troops, that was lax in the military and they wanted to. you watch ufc? >> because recruitment is so far down, they tried to lower standards and that the trump administration, they are raising the standards and i think it's right, you will need law enforcement that could pull the trigger and target negotiate they have to negotiate with physical persons from time to time, unfortunate but that's what you need in a law enforcement offic

about the fbi, a new fbi with devon nine if yes, sir, now that kash patel is in place as well as dan bongino going to the that states. we've got two governor wanna if bees, sam in ohio and byron donalds this in florida. breaking news, i'll see you in ten minutes. rachel: oh, wow. that's an amazing lineup. thanks, maria. >> thanks so much. rachel: you got it. mardi gras kicks off the week, and we're celebrating with a fat tuesday feast. that that's next, condition wait. ♪ come on, let your colors burst ♪ ♪ and the holy spirit. my soul proclaims the greatness of the lord. my spirit rejoices in god my savior, for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. he has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. glory be to the father and the son and the holy spirit. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. amen. join me in prayer every day on hallow. download it now. god bless. (♪) the last eight years i've been in bed, basically. after taking relief factor, after two weeks, when i woke up in the morning, i could open and close my hands, stand on my feet without them killing

former secret service agent dan bongino.the fbi irredeemably corrupt, thanked the president for the appointment and suggested that he is prepared to step out of his role as a maga warrior. but even as he did so, he repeated the baseless charge that the justice department had been weaponized, a claim he has frequently brandished to criticize the agency he now will help lead. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, for one thing, the number two had a position in the fbi historically, i think always has been a career fbi agent. so this is a change from precedent. and i'll just say this seems counterproductive to this administration's stated objectives. if you are serious about going after transnational crime or drug cartels or foreign influence, you would appoint an experienced agent or prosecutor. the fact that they have appointed a podcaster suggests that they are not particularly serious about these problems, that perhaps they don't even really care about whether these problems get solved. >> oh, let's talk a little bit about the capitol rio

yeah, that that ben shapiro didn't know that donald trump dan bongino, ivanka trump, melania trump, allof these republicans out there condemn what we saw on that video. he didn't know what this is about for ben shapiro. it is engagement forming because he wants to stoke racial tensions. >> i know, but. >> let me just take take. i'm just going to take the other side of this argument. he knows. >> he knows. >> he knows. he he knows that there is a project on the right, right now to tell us that down is up and up is down. and particularly on this stuff, they want to relitigate what happened in the george floyd case. they want to change the historical narrative about who is the victim and who is who is the perpetrator. in this case, despite the juries, this what he said there, there's no evidence. the juries looked at the. >> and he's talking about the defense. he's talking about. >> the defense that was discussed. >> i know ben ben knows ben is one of the smartest people i know. i completely disagree with him here, but he knows all the thbus so on brand. i don't know why anyone's surprised

employees he was ready to dig in amid all the firings at the bureau, incoming deputy fbi director dan bonginoided to mock dennehy retirement posting heads are rolling as far f0 you can google. it appears to be hitting the fbi today in the supreme court. they're hearing arguments in mexico. $10 billion lawsuit against smith and wesson and six other major u.s. gun makers. mexico's government alleges the company's design and market guns specifically to drug cartels. it also claims up to 90% of guns recovered at crime scenes in mexico are actually made in the u.s., and mogul jay-z, now suing the anonymous woman who withdrew a lawsuit accusing him of rape. he's also suing her attorneys, alleging that they knew the allegations were false. in a statement, one of those lawyers said that the woman stands by her account and that jay-z's lawsuit has, quote, no legal merit. elliott battle of words with lawyers? >> uh, yes. but he's got 99 problems. and the laws governing harassment and assault are one. so he, uh, we're not we haven't seen the end of this story. >> okay, before i let you guys go, i want t

dan bongino is now the number two guy. >> that's your buddy?> no, not. >> my buddy. >> believe me. not my buddy at the fbi. right. pete hegseth is running the dod. i mean, these are all people who you could have said six months ago were the same jokers whose job was to go on tv or go on their podcast and get ratings, and now they're in positions of. >> influence, dismantling. >> his secret service. >> he. dismantled the civil rights. bongino had some real security. >> at the doj, the departments that would be in charge of investigating cases like this at a federal level have ceased to exist. >> basically. >> we can't ignore that that that the person who is now talking about di being a problem, dismantling, you know, things at the at the department of justice and everything else is talking about derek chauvin needs to be pardoned. those things don't happen in a vacuum. they're all bringing coming together for a reason, and we can't ignore it. >> until until the justice department, until the white house or karoline leavitt, the president's press

it says, who is dan bongino, a former secret service agent turned podcaster.rump said he will serve as the fbi deputy director, erode traditionally held by career agents -- a role traditionally held by career agents. you can read about that in the washington post. here is sarah in indiana, republican. caller: hello. first of all, i am going to be listening tonight. i want to tell you something, you are always looking up everything about republicans, last week on channel 59 in indianapolis, is said somebody had been drawing social security adding up to $230,000, somebody said it was a bad person. you can look that up, channel 59 in indianapolis. it is kind of funny that all these people are badmouthing trump and everything -- i can't believe it -- anyway, you always look up whenever a democrat gets on there and you let them go on and on, but you don't look up the stuff on a republican says something. you start listening to see if you can find something -- i kissed -- i just cannot believe it. i have listened to years but i'm getting close to cutting you off not

president trump's choice of deputy director of the fbi, dan bongino, suggested on a podcast that the president set up a fake courtroom in the white house where, quote, he can just start making judicial decisions. mr. bongino added, and i quote, if the judge is the executive, why can't the executive be the judge? ask your stupid liberal friends that, mr. bongino is quoted as saying. as a reminder, mr. bongino is second in command at the fbi, the most powerful investigative agency in the world. if he sounds like a political animal out of his elements, you would not be wrong. but mr. bongino is not alone. last week a nominee to a senior position at the department of justice testified before the senate judiciary committee, quote, there is no hard and fast rule about whether in every instance a public official is bound by a court decision. let that sink in for a moment. this is a person who wants a senior position at the department of justice testifying under oath and saying, there is no hard and fast rule about whether in every instance a public official is bound by a court decision. and