Glenn Greenwald

And because Jeffrey Epstein had blackmail power over all these people and were therefore forcing them to keep these files concealed.

This was not an ancillary issue for Dan Bongino.

This was something he talked about over and over and over.

And then also other things as well, like the guy who killed Trump and all the stuff that supposedly was being covered up about that, none of which has been released under the FBI's leadership.

And so when you then, months into Dan Bongino's stint, watch him go on Fox and obviously in a very uncomfortable way say, we found no evidence of blackmail.

We don't think it's appropriate to release these files.

Please trust us when we tell you that he absolutely killed himself.

Obviously, the people who have been listening to Dan Bongino for all these years and believing that this was like one of the very few people who they could trust turn around and in an instant, as soon as they're inside, abandon so many of the core beliefs

beliefs that they had been insisting were true is obviously gonna erode the confidence and trust that people have in you.

And I also think one of the things that is worth remembering, you know, we all have talents and we all have talents, which means we're not talented at everything.

Usually we're all talented at something.

And it's important to be humble enough to realize that because you succeed in one thing doesn't mean you can succeed in anything else.

Dan Bongino is a very effective outsider, like a very effective critic.

He brings people along with him.

running the FBI is an entirely different skill set.

And I think a lot of people in the MAGA movement, because of how validly critical they were of these institutions, decided that the people who are there for their whole career, who have the quote-unquote expertise, all need to be thrown out.

And I totally understand that and in part even agree with it.

But it doesn't mean that you can just

pop up some guy who's a very talented podcaster and put him in this like administrative job that he obviously doesn't want to be in.

Like, sorry, but getting to work at 7.30 and leaving at seven o'clock inside an office, that is not exactly uncommon.