Dan Bongino Has Been Out Of The Government For 3 Days, And He’s Louder Than Ever

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially stepped down from his government post on Saturday, and he’s fed up — not with President Donald Trump or the administration, but with the “black-piller, chicken-little grifters” who are harming the conservative movement.

In a post that quickly went viral on Monday, Bongino said he was “sure as hell” not going to allow the conservative movement to be “hijacked by a group of black-pillers, life-losers, grifters and bums.”

On Tuesday, he was back at it, ripping grifters on the Right and the “tactics” they use to “bullsh*t” conservatives.

“The support for the Trump administration in the working world is strong. And people are tired of the endless bullshit from the black-piller, chicken-little grifters. Watch their tactics, and once you see them, you’ll never unsee them. They use a couple of different tactics to bullshit you,” Bongino wrote on X.

He then called out grifters on the Right who pretend to conduct explosive investigative work but are really just “charlatans and morons.”

“First, they overload you with information but they underwhelm you with evidence. Here’s an example of what I mean – they’ll try to convince you that John Smith robbed a bank, so they’ll data download on you and lose you in the chaos,” he said. “They’ll tell you things that might be true, but aren’t evidence of anything. They’ll tell you John was in the bank that day. That John knew someone who worked there. That John was arrested ten years ago for a misdemeanor. But they won’t tell you that the fingerprints, video and DNA of the thief matches someone else. Solid investigators sift through chaotic information and mine the evidence gems. Charlatans and morons do the opposite.”

Bongino also called out “black-pillers,” a term that refers to people who hold nihilistic and fatalistic views, who try to attack Trump’s agenda without attacking him directly. Often, these “black-pillers” attempt to convince their audience that a Trump policy will have devastating consequences without specifically calling out Trump, Bongino said.

“You’re seeing it now with regard to Venezuela,” he added. “Will it work out? Maybe. We will all see. But maybe give it a minute before you attack from inside the tent while pretending you’re an ally.”

“I want to be clear on this point, intra-party/movement policy disagreements are healthy and natural,” he continued. “But endless pessimism meant to strategically attack a movement from the inside, is not about policy, it’s political cannibalism. And many of these grifters are hiding their real agendas from you.”

In his post on Monday, Bongino urged conservatives to avoid getting sucked into ideas that undercut the movement’s principles. “We are a movement guided by truth. The essence of conservative ideology is the preservation of eternal truths,” he said. “We are not the ‘latest thing’ group. We are not political cannibals.”

Bongino did not call anyone out by name, but this issue has been brewing for months within the conservative movement and came to the forefront during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest last month. In his opening night speech at AmericaFest, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro called out “grifters” on the Right — specifically, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens — for spouting views that are antithetical to conservative ideals.

It’s unclear who exactly Bongino believes is a “grifter” and a “black-piller” in the conservative movement, but with the return of his show, which he promised to announce soon, his listeners will likely find out.

“Black-pillers and grifters asked for this fight, not us. But I’m absolutely down to fight it. ABSOLUTELY down,” he said.