Sen. Adam Schiff, who pushed the well-debunked conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump “colluded” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “steal” the 2016 election, could become a target of the FBI for his alleged role in perpetuating that hoax.
Newly appointed FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino mentioned the California Democrat by name during one of Bongino’s final podcasts before President Donald Trump announced last weekend that he had chosen the former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer for the post.
“Why is Adam Schiff so worried? I strongly encourage you to go back and take another look today at the Russia collusion hoax,” Bongino began during the segment.
After remarking that he knows the story is now several years old, Bongino added: “I’m gonna be straight with you. I don’t wanna move on.”
“We had the FBI in conjunction with the Department of Justice, officials in Congress, foreign governments and intel people fabricate a story, invent a story that could have caused and done serious long-term harm to international relations with a nuclear-powered foe. It’s kind of a big freakin’ deal,” Bongino continued.
“Listen to me — this is gonna be very important in the coming days,” he went on, seemingly dropping a hint that he was about to be appointed to the FBI. “I’m not letting this go. I wanna find out what happened because it can never happen again. Not to a Democrat. Not a Republican. Not to a Libertarian. Not to any United States citizen,” Bongino said.
“You do not get to alter or try to change the course of electoral politics by fabricating a story hijacking the justice system then to give the patina of truth to a fake story,” he added.
