'I can't recover like I used to': Trump FBI appointee tries to get ahead of NYT 'expose' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

April 19, 2025 10:01PM ET


A Donald Trump FBI appointee is trying to get out in front of a New York Times "expose" about him. Dan Bongino, who walked away from his lucrative job as a far-right podcaster and apologist for the president to accept the job of deputy FBI director, has recently come under fire from MAGA and has been forced to defend himself from his own allies.

On Saturday, however, Bongino turned his attention toward the media. Taking to social media, Bongino wrote, "FYI, Adam Goldman of the NY Times is getting ready to run another one of their 'journalism' expose pieces about me spending time in our FBI training facility ground fighting with our dedicated and skilled defensive tactics instructors."

"Their big news 'hook' is that after a solid few rounds of grappling, I injured my shoulder," he then added. "Because it's Adam Goldman, you can generally assume he's wrong, and he is, again. The instructor I was grappling with got the best of me, because he's incredibly talented. That's why he's there. And it was my not an 'injury' but a bit of swelling in my right elbow, not shoulder, because I'm 50 years old and I can't recover like I used to."

Bongino then concluded, "But I felt it was important to get on the mats any way, because that's what men do. But Adam doesn't know much about that. And he never will. Because he's Adam, from the NY Times. Thanks, Dan."

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