In a June 21 social media statement, Bongino said Operation Restoring Justice in May led to the arrests of 205 alleged child sex predators and 764 purveyors and to the rescue of 115 children. During Operation Soteria Shield, conducted more than a week ago, 244 alleged child predators were arrested and 109 children were rescued.
“If you’re preying on children, we are coming for you,” Bongino said.
He added that the FBI is making progress on separate high-profile cases including the cover-up of COVID-19 information, the leaking of the 2022 Supreme Court opinion that overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, and pipe bombs left outside the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021.
The FBI and other federal agencies have also “apprehended, imprisoned, and deported thousands of illegal aliens,” Bongino said.
“Many of these illegal immigrants had extremely violent criminal histories. We told you that the rioting was not going to slow us down. It has not. We are fully engaged,” he said, referring to unrest in Los Angeles earlier this month.
So far, more than 700 arrests have been made in coordination with state and federal agents in connection with the protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in recent weeks, Bongino said.
New initiatives mentioned by Bongino in the post include a “nationwide summer violent crime crackdown” to lower the U.S. murder rate and revamping the bureau’s hiring processes to include physical fitness requirements.
“We are eliminating DEI and getting the FBI back to its roots—chasing criminals and terrorists,” he said, using the abbreviation for diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks.
“We are remaining hyper-vigilant in protecting the Homeland given the current global climate, while we deal with investigations related to the rioting, the Washington DC murders, the Palm Springs bombing, the Boulder attack, the Minnesota murders, and our daily case work.”
Last month, Bongino announced that the pipe bomb case, the case involving cocaine discovered in the White House in 2023, and the Supreme Court decision leak would be reexamined.
“Shortly after swearing in, the Director and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest,” he said in a social media statement at the time. “We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention, to these cases.”
In the post, Bongino did not mention any disclosures related to the death of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, despite indicating earlier this year that the bureau would release more information. FBI Director Kash Patel has said in media appearances that evidence shows that Epstein died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019. Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, has previously said that he “might have been murdered.”
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