{"id":337,"date":"2026-06-16T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=337"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:53:29","slug":"dan-bongino-warns-obama-after-doj-comments-spark-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Dan Bongino Warns Obama After DOJ Comments Spark Firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a pointed warning to former President Barack Obama this week after the 44th president criticized the Trump administration\u2019s handling of the Department of Justice, escalating an already intensifying political and legal battle over the alleged weaponization of federal law enforcement.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement \u201cThe White House shouldn\u2019t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever,\u201d Obama said during the interview. \u201cThe idea is that the attorney general is the people\u2019s lawyer. It\u2019s not the president\u2019s consigliere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement But Bongino responded forcefully during a public appearance this week, suggesting Obama himself could face scrutiny over actions tied to the Russia investigation and broader allegations of political weaponization during the 2016 transition period.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s remarks came amid growing controversy surrounding the Justice Department\u2019s recent indictments and investigations involving several longtime Trump critics, including former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and former National Security Adviser John Bolton Advertisement \u201cWhat was with the tweet \u2014 the shock to my core? Well, in case you missed it, some of you may have, I\u2019m gonna tell ya,\u201d Bongino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause what Barack Obama said the other day \u2014 was it Colbert\u2019s show? No. No, no.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not doing that. You know, I know things too, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No chance,\u201d he added<\/h2>\n<p>Bongino did not specify what information he was referencing, but his comments immediately fueled speculation among Trump allies that additional investigations tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia probe could be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m not letting you get away with this The remarks came just hours after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly rejected Obama\u2019s accusations that the Justice Department is being politicized under Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a pointed warning to former President Barack Obama this week after the 44th president criticized the Trump administration\u2019s handling of the Department of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}