Today’s Disgusting Hit Piece Is Out of Bounds Even by Fusion Ken’s Low Standards for “Reporting”

My apologies in advance for the language here but this fake news filth is getting old. Fusion Ken Dilanian is the biggest piece of shit in the fake news media today. Today’s disgusting hit piece on our FBI reforms is out of bounds even by Fusion Ken’s low standards for “reporting.” This MSNOW headline below is BULLSHIT. Working with state and local law enforcement WAS OUR STRATEGY. Regardless of who put handcuffs on the violent criminals. That’s precisely why we changed how UFAP warrants were used and expanded FBI agent scoping to empower our agents to get dangerous criminals off the streets—criminals prior leadership would have ignored. I’m not going to let this piece of filth rewrite history. FACT - I told the FBI SAICs on weekly calls that I didn’t give a damn who arrested the violent street thugs, as long as we assisted in getting them OFF THE STREETS. I said it repeatedly, and I meant every word. Prior FBI leadership’s decisions to largely avoid working with state and local law enforcement absent a direct federal nexus was a COMPLETE FAILURE. WE changed that strategy. WE prioritized cooperation over bureaucratic turf wars. WE put getting criminals off the streets ahead of arrest statistics and institutional egos. And I firmly believe that shift helped drive crime down. I will not sit quietly while people distort the record and take credit for a strategy they never supported. This is absolute bullshit.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) October 14, 2026

… “reporting.”

This MSNOW headline below is BULLSHIT. Working with state and local law enforcement WAS OUR STRATEGY. Regardless of who put handcuffs on the violent criminals.

That’s precisely why we changed how UFAP warrants were used and expanded FBI agent scoping to empower our agents to get dangerous criminals off the streets—criminals prior leadership would have ignored.

I’m not going to let this piece of filth rewrite history. FACT - I told the FBI SAICs on weekly calls that I didn’t give a damn who arrested the violent street thugs, as long as we assisted in getting them OFF THE STREETS. I said it repeatedly, and I meant every word.

Prior FBI leadership’s decisions to largely avoid working with state and local law enforcement absent a direct federal nexus was a COMPLETE FAILURE.

WE changed that strategy. WE prioritized cooperation over bureaucratic turf wars. WE put getting criminals off the streets ahead of arrest statistics and institutional egos.

And I firmly believe that shift helped drive crime down. I will not sit quietly while people distort the record and take credit for a strategy they never supported.

This is absolute bullshit.

The data is collected by the field and our partners - not from me - and whether you like it or not the FBI had a 90% increase in violent crime arrests from the previous 18 months. That’s in addition to the largest single year reduction in violent crime since 1936. We also had 96.2% data reporting from local partners this year, the highest level since 1960. You can attack me with fake news all you want but what you’re really doing is attacking the brave men and women of law enforcement. And you owe them an apology.

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) October 14, 2026

… 96.2% data reporting from local partners this year, the highest level since 1960.

You can attack me with fake news all you want but what you’re really doing is attacking the brave men and women of law enforcement. And you owe them an apology.