Ben Rhodes

This is a management job and management not just of like a bunch of thousands of FBI agents and it's sensitive investigations, it's foreign governments, it's the interagency process of the United States government. I don't even know what it looks like to have Dan Bongino in those rooms.

This is a management job and management not just of like a bunch of thousands of FBI agents and it's sensitive investigations, it's foreign governments, it's the interagency process of the United States government. I don't even know what it looks like to have Dan Bongino in those rooms.

What does it look like? Can you imagine him rolling up in the Situation Room or flying to a foreign country to negotiate an information-sharing agreement or deciding whether or not to authorize going after a law enforcement target? This is not good.

What does it look like? Can you imagine him rolling up in the Situation Room or flying to a foreign country to negotiate an information-sharing agreement or deciding whether or not to authorize going after a law enforcement target? This is not good.

What does it look like? Can you imagine him rolling up in the Situation Room or flying to a foreign country to negotiate an information-sharing agreement or deciding whether or not to authorize going after a law enforcement target? This is not good.

Oh, he called me a fiction writer.

Oh, he called me a fiction writer.

Oh, he called me a fiction writer.

Fiction writer, van driver.

Fiction writer, van driver.

Fiction writer, van driver.

It also, it just suggests to, I mean, because this, I don't know if this was Kash Patel's idea or Donald Trump's idea. But Pam Bondi clearly doesn't care. And you know that Kash Patel, he works for Donald Trump. And Donald Trump thought it was a cool idea to put Dan Bongino in this job. He has to say yes. There is no scenario.

It also, it just suggests to, I mean, because this, I don't know if this was Kash Patel's idea or Donald Trump's idea. But Pam Bondi clearly doesn't care. And you know that Kash Patel, he works for Donald Trump. And Donald Trump thought it was a cool idea to put Dan Bongino in this job. He has to say yes. There is no scenario.

It also, it just suggests to, I mean, because this, I don't know if this was Kash Patel's idea or Donald Trump's idea. But Pam Bondi clearly doesn't care. And you know that Kash Patel, he works for Donald Trump. And Donald Trump thought it was a cool idea to put Dan Bongino in this job. He has to say yes. There is no scenario.

In which Kash Patel is going to say to Donald Trump, no, I can't do that for you.

In which Kash Patel is going to say to Donald Trump, no, I can't do that for you.

In which Kash Patel is going to say to Donald Trump, no, I can't do that for you.

Which every other FBI, I can tell you, in the Obama years, it was largely Bob Mueller. And then it was, God help us, Jim Comey. They didn't take direction from Barack Obama. I don't think you ever talked to them. I remember one time, and I don't know the exact circumstance, but I'm going to guess it was either the Boston Marathon bombing or... It was like the cartridge, printing cartridge.

Which every other FBI, I can tell you, in the Obama years, it was largely Bob Mueller. And then it was, God help us, Jim Comey. They didn't take direction from Barack Obama. I don't think you ever talked to them. I remember one time, and I don't know the exact circumstance, but I'm going to guess it was either the Boston Marathon bombing or... It was like the cartridge, printing cartridge.

Which every other FBI, I can tell you, in the Obama years, it was largely Bob Mueller. And then it was, God help us, Jim Comey. They didn't take direction from Barack Obama. I don't think you ever talked to them. I remember one time, and I don't know the exact circumstance, but I'm going to guess it was either the Boston Marathon bombing or... It was like the cartridge, printing cartridge.