Dan Bongino On Past Pipe Bomb Conspiracy Theories: ‘I Was Paid For My Opinions’

The arrest of a Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect blows up a right-wing conspiracy theory espoused by many in the MAGAverse.

WASHINGTON – Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, admitted Thursday his past support for a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory was motivated by money.

In recent years, Bongino repeatedly said on his podcast that the pipe bombs discovered near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which did not explode, were some sort of “inside job,” the work of a government official out to get President Donald Trump and his supporters.

Of the pipe bomber, Bongino said just this January: “This was an inside job. And it is the biggest scandal in FBI history.”

In an interview on Fox News this week, host Sean Hannity confronted Bongino about his past statements in light of Bongino’s FBI having finally identified a suspect in the case, a 30-year-old Virginia man with apparently no connection to the government.

“Listen, I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions, that’s clear, and one day, I’ll be back in that space,” Bongino said. “But that’s not what I’m paid for now. I’m paid to be your deputy director, and we base investigations on facts.”