Conservative host and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino has offered Donald Trump some advice that the former president and many of his supporters would likely find very unorthodox but likely effective.
During a show segment on Wednesday, a day before Trump is scheduled to surrender to Fulton County, Ga., authorities after being indicted last week on racketeering and other charges for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, Bongino said Trump should refuse to pay the $200,000 bond imposed on him and instead force District Attorney Fani Willis to jail him.
“Folks, I don’t think the Trump team should post the bond. I don’t,” Bongino, also a former NYPD officer and Fox News host, began. “This may sound like a crazy idea, but folks, we’re living in crazy times. And crazy times require different, crazy, bold approaches.”
“Fani Willis wants to be a smarta** tyrant, little socialist communist like she is down in Fulton County, Georgia? Don’t post. Don’t post the bond,” Bongino, also a former NYPD officer, continued. “You’re gonna jail him? Let’s elect our first political prisoner. Go ahead. Go to jail. Let the Secret Service shut the entire jail down, and we’ll see how long you’re willing to keep this charade going.”
“Let them put him in jail for a bit — folks, I know it sounds crazy,” he added, saying that the Secret Service had the authority under federal law to declare anything a protected area — even a jail — and that if the former president were to spend any time there, they would have to do that.
“You may think it’s a crazy idea,” he said again, adding, “I don’t think so. Folks, you’ve seen people around the world take a stand like this. And it’s easy for me to say, I get it, I wouldn’t be the one in a prison cell — but you want to send a message? Let’s see, let’s see what happens.”
WATCH:
Dan Bongino (@dbongino) makes a GREAT point on why it might be a good idea for President Trump NOT to post bail.
Put on the pressure!
Take a listen: pic.twitter.com/xUmWjNHII7
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) August 23, 2023
During an interview on network colleague Jesse Watters’ “Primetime” program a year ago, Bongino went ballistic on the Biden administration and the Justice Department after the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, accusing officials of turning the DOJ into a highly politicized entity.
“This is some third-world bulls**t right here,” Bongino said. “Let me say it again, third-world bulls**t. I mean every word of that. I don’t care that it’s cable news.
“I was a federal agent, I raised my right hand. And I swore to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. And I love this country. This is a freaking disgrace. A disgrace. We don’t live in Cuba. We don’t live under Kim Jong Un” of North Korea, he continued.
“We live in a constitutional republic. A representative democracy. You have a bunch of FBI agents raiding the home of a former president because they don’t like his politics? Are you kidding me?” he added.
