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The Broadside | Trump Announces Dan Bongino As Deputy Director of the FBI and Things Are About to Get Real

Trump has put together one of the strongest and most unified teams in the history of our country, with Bongino being the latest high-profile addition.

What makes Bongino such a great pick is that he sees clearly the malfeasance of the FBI in its persecution of Trump and the January 6 prosecutions, along with the Russia! Russia! Russia! hoax. As a former Secret Service agent he understands how Washington runs. I think the Bondi, Patel, Bongino combo is truly a triple threat.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the three of them could start rooting out the rot at the FBI and investigate the who and how behind the weaponization of the agency. Most of all, I want to see bad actors go to jail. I mean, that’s what they tried to do to Trump, right? Put him in jail. We were constantly told that “no one is above the law,” correct? Well, let’s get to it, then.

Here’s a list to start with: James Comey. Adam Schiff. Nancy Pelosi. Tony Fauci. Barack Hussein Obama.

If you missed Kash Patel’s comments after being sworn in, I’ve embedded them below. The most inspiring thing he says is that he’s “living the American dream.”

He can hardly believe it.

This is the guy leading the law enforcement community across the country, and his deputy director is just as committed to defending and preserving the U.S. constitution.

Buckle up!

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The Broadside | The Senate Was Full of Surprises on Thursday

With Trump in the White House, every day is like Christmas.

WASHINGTON—The Senate on Feb. 20 confirmed Kash Patel as director of the FBI.

Senators voted 51–49 to confirm Patel, who gained prominence for exposing alleged FBI and Justice Department malfeasance during the Crossfire Hurricane probe into the Trump campaign. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) crossed the aisle to join Democrats in voting against Patel’s nomination.

In a post on social media platform X, his first post as FBI director, Patel called it an honor to lead the agency and said change is coming.

Murkowski and Collins need to be primaried because they’re basically Democrats. They can go join the other squish Republican, Mitch McConnell, who finally announced he would not seek reelection.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday.

McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as Senate majority leader under President Donald Trump’s first administration. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, and he announced his retirement on his 83rd birthday.

“Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said in prepared remarks to the Senate floor. “Every day in between, I’ve been humbled by the trust they’ve placed in me to do their business here. Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.”

He’s made a career out of being a senator and has made the case for term limits. He’s been in the Senate for 40 years. I will allow that McConnell was responsible for setting Trump up to create a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court by not allowing Merrick Garland’s nomination to gain traction. (And we thank God for that, given the disaster that Garland proved to be as head of the DOJ during the last administration. Can you imagine him with a lifetime appointment on SCOTUS? Me, either!)

But McConnell also voted against the confirmations of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary. Frankly, I’m surprised he voted to confirm Patel. He also called January 6 a “violent insurrection,” which it certainly was not. And don’t forget that in 2022, McConnell shifted money away from important Senate races to help Murkowski defeat her Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, while Republican Senatorial candidate Blake Masters, who was outspent 5-to-1 by Sen. Mark Kelly, got no help at all from McConnell.

It’s been a mixed bag with McConnell. I’m glad he’s out of leadership, and I’m glad he’s retiring.

Have a good weekend.