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During the broadcast, Bongino accused Schiff of being a principal architect of what he termed the “Russia collusion hoax,” a narrative he argues was manufactured to destabilize a sitting president. Bongino’s rhetoric was not merely critical; it was a manifesto for reform. “This was never about a pursuit of justice or the truth,” Bongino declared to his millions of listeners. “It was about the calculated weaponization of our most powerful intelligence tools to overturn the will of the American people. We are entering a new era where this can never, and will never, happen again.”
The timing of Bongino’s appointment is particularly significant given the preemptive legal maneuvers occurring on the other side of the aisle. In the waning days of his administration, former President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon for Adam Schiff, specifically covering any potential offenses related to his work on the House January 6th Committee. This rare and highly controversial move ignited a firestorm of debate regarding the boundaries of executive power and the nature of accountability in the capital. While Schiff has dismissed the necessity of the pardon, maintaining that he has nothing to hide and acted only in the interest of defending democracy, Trump allies argue the pardon is a de facto admission of guilt and a shield against the incoming administration’s vowed investigations.
The reaction from the established political order has been swift and defensive. In a joint statement, former January 6th Committee leaders Rep. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney stood by their investigative work. They asserted that their committee followed the letter of the law and conducted a fact-based inquiry into the efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. They characterized Bongino’s appointment as an attempt to rewrite history through the use of law enforcement as a partisan cudgel. However, within the halls of the Trump administration, the sentiment is one of “cleaning house.”
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